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Lisa Hendrickson is almost out of sand.
Hendrickson is the mayor of Redington Shores, Florida, a well-heeled beach town in Pinellas County.
Oceanfront properties in the Daytona Beach Shores community suffered damage from beach erosion during Tropical Storm Nicole in November 2022.Photo: The Washington Post (Getty Images)
Many of her constituents have an uninterrupted view of the ocean.
The faceoff has brought the areas storm recovery to a near standstill.
I dont know where we go with it now, or how we come together to work through it.
Nevertheless, around half of the461 property ownersalong the barrier island have refused to grant them.
A lot of the easement areas arent even on the beach, theyre in the dune behind the beach.
Since then, Youngman has watched the area around his property erode.
Everyone else is just flat from their building to the water.
Last month Scottsent a letter to the Corpssaying that his constituents have seen enough inaction.
The solution is very easy pay for your own risk.
Young added that many nourishment projects dont seem to be worth the money they cost.
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