Local beach is threatened by an EXPERIMENT. 
DO YOU WANT THIS IN YOUR BACKYARD?
Miami-Dade County Dept. of Environmental Resources Management (DERM) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) plan to install an approximately 1,000-foot long segmented submerged artificial reef structure approximately 500-feet offshore of the beach at the 63rd Street erosion ‘hotspot’ of Miami Beach. The reef ball structure would be installed as an EXPERIMENT to control erosion and reduce wave energy with habitat imitigation. There remains a number of outstanding issues with the project including:
1. It is an experiment – never proven in an active coastal environment
2. Downdrift beach erosion: some residents will get wider beaches while others are robbed
3. Safety concerns: swimmers can be dragged over the structures and rip currents will get worse
4. $4.2 million defecit spending – HELLO!
5. One of precious few Miami surf breaks will be destroyed
TAKE ACTION! Go To: http://www.miamisurfrider.org/chapter-initiatives-2/stop-reefballs-in-south-florida/ and let’s put the kabosh on this moster.
