1984 when the boardwalk was constructed and seawalls erected…
you can see deep water and everything is good to go
you can also see all the slips are used on big dock and we had 7 boat slips useable (now only three due to sand)
1997 you can see clearly sand is overtaking jetty and sand is starting to form
2000 you can see sand still pouring around jetty into pass
2002 you can see how much sand is building up along the jetty to the beach forming in front of boardwalk
2004 that sand is growing
2006 bridge construction starts and FDOT starts to build huge platforms of ‘rip rap’ material
2007 you can see them really building out a lot of material into pass
you can see our dock that is surrounded by sand is useless now this was where I nearly drowned and was nearly 30ft deep when I was eight around 1999-2000
that small dock was our main dock in the 70’s 80’s and 90’s
May 2010 they have built huge platforms of sand on top of all the material they brought it
Dec 2010 bridge is done and FDOT cleaned up west side of the bridge of all the sand and material they brought but left the east side along the boardwalk mess and didn’t bother taking their materials!
2015 Johns Pass Village screwed…. Sand issue exponentially worsened by FDOT material left behind
2016 were spending tons of time money and energy to hold back sand from shutting down boardwalk business
2017-2018 nearly $200,000 was spent to dredge and clearly less than a year sand came right back
2018 – PRESENT – worse than ever and extending further and further into past… safety issue getting worse and worse!
