There are still some people out there who deny the reality of climate change and sea level rise but the owner of 10 Dolphin Drive in Vero Isles does not appear to be one of them.
The property owner is well along with construction of a substantial new home on the lot at that address that includes the highest seawall in Vero Isles, which towers 5 feet or so above the seawalls on either side, rising 6.5 feet above current sea level.
“No other Vero Isles properties have proposed or permitted to install a seawall with the seawall cap at the same or similar elevation as the seawall constructed at 10 Dolphin Drive,” Vero Beach planning and development director Jason Jefferies said in an email…