Belleair Beach Renourishment Stalled

According to an article from the St. Petersburg Times, Belleair Beach may not receive renourishment funds for nearly 25 percent of their beaches.

The article states that Belleair Beach may not receive the renourishment money due to a lack of parking spaces for beach access.

One mile-long strip of beach is short 28 parking spaces that its needs to be able to get the state money for the project, according to the Times.

If a suitable amount of parking isn’t found, the county government will be left with $224,000 bill for the renourishment that the state government won’t pay, according the Times article.

In order to fill the parking spaces, the Belleair Beach government would need to find at least three parking lots to utilize for beach access. Currently, there is only one and the cost is $400,000, according to the Times.

Different solutions are going to be discussed at the July 11 council meeting.