Palm Beach County Breakwaters and Public Participation

This petition was published by Palm Beach County Surfrider on Nov 18, 2008

We, the undersigned, supporters of the Surfrider Foundation Palm Beach County Chapter, oppose the plans proposed by the Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Resources Management Environmental Enhancement and Restoration Division (ERM) to construct breakwaters at Singer Island, Jupiter Inlet and/or Lantana for the following reasons:

1.) Destroys or Degrades Public Trust Resources;
2) Allocates tax dollars to benefit a very small group of people;
3) Risk to juvenile fish populations;
4) Creates a nautical hazard;
5) Concerns about turtle hatchling success;
6) Diminishes natural beauty of beaches;
7) Danger to public safety due to rip currents and slip and fall hazard;
8) And most importantly, not a long-term solution to the real problem of coastal erosion.

While Surfrider Foundation recognizes the problem of beach erosion, we feel that public funds would be better spent on projects like sand transfer plants at the inlets that address the real problem and benefit larger areas of the coastline.

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