Midnight Pass data underscore waterway’s stability even as county staff has plans in place to reopen it in an emergency

Consultant provides annual report to County Commission

Data that has been collected since its reopening by Hurricane Milton on Oct. 9, 2024 shows that Midnight Pass “is dynamically stable.”

That was part of the news that a consultant who has been working with the county on the monitoring of the south Siesta Key channel presented to the County Commission this week.

Mike Jenkins, a senior principal engineer at Geosyntec Consultants, launched his Sept. 22 presentation by reminding the board members that their charge to him has been to keep the pass open…

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