Wall in front of home long has served as place for beach runners to touch
Following a June 2 public hearing that lasted about 30 minutes, the Sarasota County commissioners unanimously approved plans for a replacement seawall on property located at 7120 Point of Rocks Circle on Siesta Key’s Crescent Beach.
As noted during the presentations that day, the seawall will be 304.9 feet, long, and it will be located a maximum of 114.4 feet seaward of the Gulf Beach Setback Line (GBSL). Established in 1979, that line was implemented to protect dunes and native beach habitat, which, in turn, protect landward properties from the effects of storm surge and other flooding events.
Heather Rigney, an environmental specialist with the county, pointed out that the new seawall will stand at a height of about 9.1 NGVD, “sloping back to about 8.1 feet.” The existing seawall is 8.1 feet high, the county staff report notes. Seaward of that wall is a concrete walkway that has an elevation of 3 feet, the report adds…