WPTV is continuing to look for answers as Fort Pierce city leaders implement emergency erosion control measures at Jetty Park Beach and parts of Hutchinson Island.
Fort Pierce battles beach erosion with sand project
Our Treasure Coast reporter Tyler Hatfield listened to local businesses in the area having to deal with less beach and learns from the city what’s being done to stop it.
The most recent severe erosion is inching it ways to multiple properties.
“It could be destructive to property by undermining the property and collapsing it theoretically,” said City Commissioner Michael Broderick. “Road sidewalks, etc., could be torn up.”…