Living Shoreline to be constructed in Lake Worth

Tonight, the city is going to grant a temporary Construction Easement Agreement with Palm Beach County's Department of Environmental Resource Management for "Living Shoreline" improvements at Bryant Park along 90 feet of the seawall north of the boat ramps. The remaining 400 feet of shoreline will include approximately 1,000 tons of rock rip-rap, filter fabric, and bedding stone to be used as a base.

According to NOAA, living shoreline projects utilize a variety of structural and organic materials, such as wetland plants, submerged aquatic vegetation, oyster reefs, coir fiber logs, sand fill, and stone. The benefits of living shorelines include:

• Stabilization of the shoreline.
• Protection of surrounding riparian and intertidal environment.
• Improvement of water quality via filtration of upland run-off.
• Creation of habitat for aquatic and terrestrial species.

The construction and maintenance of the project has no impact on the City’s capital or operating budgets and is
fully funded through PBC ERM funds. The project budget is $150,000.