City of Venice updates the public on the S. Jetty 

 

 

City of Venice updates the public on the S. Jetty

Francesco Abbruzzino, The Uncensored Report, LLC

 

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The City of Venice’s insurance contractor has completed the demolition and removal of the concession building from Humphris Park at the South Jetty. This City building that housed Jetty Jack’s was destroyed due to the catastrophic storm surge experienced during Hurricanes Helene and Milton last year. These two record storm surge events also devastated the parking lot, the Jetty walkway, the rock revetment, and the bulkhead along the channel.

The damaged rock revetment and the bulkheads are owned and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE). The ACOE is actively working on a project to design and fully replace this significant marine infrastructure. The City will not be able to perform any additional repairs to the parking area or open the park to the public until the rock revetment and bulkheads are fully replaced, as they provide essential structural support to the parking area.

The City is coordinating weekly with the West Coast Inland Navigation District (WCIND), the local agency partners for the ACOE. WCIND is working diligently to promote this critical infrastructure project, and the work schedule is fully dependent on federal infrastructure funding timelines.

The City Public Works Department will be working over the coming weeks to clean up the remaining storm debris from Humphris Park, in anticipation of this extended timeline for the larger repairs. The City will provide future updates as soon as more information becomes available.