Pinellas officials face a tough crowd trying to get beach renourishment easements

After Hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton pushed beach dunes into homes and businesses along Gulf Boulevard last year, you could think that property owners there would be lining up to back a planned sand renourishment.

But instead, more than 130 property owners in an arc from Sand Key to Upham Beach are balking at signing over temporary easements.

One of those, Mike Pelton, lives at a Gulf Shores condo in Indian Shores. During a public meeting Wednesday night in Treasure Island, he said past storms have repeatedly blown sand dunes into his condo…

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