Comments on: Newspaper: Atwater, Klein pushing Singer Island ‘breakwater’ despite potential harm to turtles http://www.postonpolitics.com/2009/06/newspaper-atwater-klein-pushing-singer-island-breakwater-despite-potential-harm-to-turtles/ News about politics and government in Florida Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:05:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Richard http://www.postonpolitics.com/2009/06/newspaper-atwater-klein-pushing-singer-island-breakwater-despite-potential-harm-to-turtles/comment-page-1/#comment-11786 Richard Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:06:38 +0000 http://www.postonpolitics.com/?p=7907#comment-11786 Here it is, the entire article from yesterday's St. Pete Times, scooping our local media and written by award-winning investigative reporter Craig Pittman: http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/wildlife/article1014073.ece Federal officials have serious problems with the design of the breakwaters, AND the Town of Palm Beach is very concerned about having their normal source of sand impounded by the breakwaters. Miami Beach has such a project that has starved sand from, and caused extra erosion in front of the Fountainbleau Hotel. Here it is, the entire article from yesterday’s St. Pete Times, scooping our local media and written by award-winning investigative reporter Craig Pittman:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/wildlife/article1014073.ece

Federal officials have serious problems with the design of the breakwaters, AND the Town of Palm Beach is very concerned about having their normal source of sand impounded by the breakwaters. Miami Beach has such a project that has starved sand from, and caused extra erosion in front of the Fountainbleau Hotel.

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