Creating a beach out of Spoil Island E
A resolution was approved by the Business/Resident Liaison subcommittee at Tuesday night's meeting to delve into the prospect of creating a beach on one of the spoil islands off the coast of Coconut Grove.
"Spoil Island E" is 12 acres conveniently located for public access and Dinner Key Marina will soon be providing launch service to moorings adjacent to the spoil island, so, put two and two together and you get a beach shuttle right off the coast of Coconut Grove.
Burn Notice has been paying $20,000 a month for the lease of the Expo Center and as requested at a City Commission meeting, the money is being put into the Coconut Grove Waterfront Master Plan, which seems to fit into the beach aspect. This or other funding is being requested for the project.
"Spoil Island E" is 12 acres conveniently located for public access and Dinner Key Marina will soon be providing launch service to moorings adjacent to the spoil island, so, put two and two together and you get a beach shuttle right off the coast of Coconut Grove.
Burn Notice has been paying $20,000 a month for the lease of the Expo Center and as requested at a City Commission meeting, the money is being put into the Coconut Grove Waterfront Master Plan, which seems to fit into the beach aspect. This or other funding is being requested for the project.
posted by Tom Falco at 12:30 PM
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3 Comments:
Len Scinto:
Might not be the best place for a beach (swimming). I remember seeing a figure showing that other than Dog Beach, Dinner Key has an almost year-round high fecal coliform count...Does anyone have info on this?
Good heavens I hope not - we take kids swimming there all the time with Shake-A-Leg!
I know there have been biological warnings in the general areas of Key Biscayne and Matheson Hammock on & off this summer, but never heard anything about the Dinner Key area.
When I was a teenager I went to and then was a camp counselor at the city's sailing camp (where the US Sailing Center is now). We used to call the water back there "caca water." LOL
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