MARTIN COUNTY — A recent U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging project at the St. Lucie Inlet has drawn scrutiny from residents and environmental advocates after drone footage circulated online showing thousands of cubic yards of material being pumped from the inlet into the St. Lucie Impoundment Basin.
The project was completed June 2 and was undertaken to address shoaling in the inlet, according to Ashleigh Fountain, a project manager with the Army Corps.
“We dredge this area approximately every three years. We survey it on an approximate annual basis. Shoals can cause draft restrictions and all of our surveys may be found on Hydro,” she said…