Breathing Life in Boca Ciega Bay
Living Shoreline Project Will Offer a More “Natural” Experience, Protect Shoreline By Jim McConville
CITY OF GULFPORT
As part of the Living Shoreline project, the city will place oyster cones and bags in Boca Ciega Bay.
Gulfport City Council got a sneak peek at Phase I of the Gulfport’s Marina Living Shoreline Improvement Project to redevelop the southern tip of Gulfport Marina. Environmental Science Associates, a Tampa Bay environmental consulting firm, outlined the project at the Nov. 16 council meeting. Estimated to cost around $350,000, the first leg of the project is to make the marina resi-
dent friendly and block storm erosion. The City of Gulfport paid ESA $65,000 to plan the marina restoration and apply for funding grants. The city hopes its Phase I price tag will be paid in part by a $175,000 Florida State Department of Environment Protection grant, along with local or matching funding, said Gulfport City Manager Jim O’Reilly. “Like any project in our city, we
Their life deserves more than five lines.
had to leverage our dollars, looking for ways to fund the project,” O’Reilly said. The DEP will make its grant decision by July 1, he said. When completed, the Gulfport Marina project will improve marina public access. “It’s to give the public the natural experience like at Clam Bayou, without impacting the environmental as-
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