St. Johns County will temporarily close Mickler’s Landing parking and beach access from Thursday, June 13, through Friday, June 21, so that the county’s contractor, Weeks Marine, can accelerate its work on the Ponte Vedra Beach Restoration Project.
Additionally, Mickler’s Landing parking and beach access will be closed from Monday, June 24, through Friday, June 28.
The Ponte Vedra Beach Restoration Project was originally anticipated to be completed by mid-August, but the work has moved more quickly toward the completion of the project.
The public can keep updated on the project and beach parking closures at sjcfl.us/PVB and by using the county’s mobile app SJC Connect, available at sjcfl.us/SJC-Connect.
The Ponte Vedra Beach Restoration Project will provide substantial coastline fortifications, including dune reconstruction between 13 and 18 feet, beach berm elevation of approximately nine feet and beach width increase of 40 to 180 feet post-construction.
In coordination with this coastal restoration project, St. Johns County continues to sustain important environmental and physical monitoring of the coastline.
Sea turtle nesting season began May 1 and runs through Oct. 31. In 2023, St. Johns County beaches saw a record 133 green sea turtle nests as part of 1,205 total nests and an estimated 79,811 sea turtle hatchlings. St. Johns County recorded these historic conservation successes amid multiple full-scale beach nourishment projects, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Augustine Shore Protection Project, the South Ponte Vedra and Vilano Army Corps Coastal Storm Risk Management Project, the South Ponte Vedra Dune Project and the FEMA Dune Enhancement Project that has been renourishing St. Johns County beaches in the wake of erosion from hurricanes Ian and Nicole.
For more information on St. Johns County Coastal Projects, go to sjcfl.us/departments/coastal-projects.
