Franklin County is beginning to take a
serious look at the damage done to two county parks by Hurricane
Michael.
The county will work with a company
called Dewberry Engineers to quantify the repairs to be done to
Island View Park east of Carrabelle and the Eastpoint Fishing Pier.
Both parks were structurally damaged so
an engineers report will be needed for FEMA to reimburse the county
for any repairs.
The Eastpoint Fishing pier has been
closed since early December because of heavy erosion damage there.
The engineers report will cost 6500
dollars for the Eastpoint pier which will be paid through a fund
dedicated to the pier upkeep.
The Island View park, which was
basically brand new when the storm hit, will take a lot more work to
find out exactly what repairs need to be made.
County Restore Coordinator Alan Pierce
said it is going to take a lot more work to rebuild Island View where
a substantial amount of land was shifted around possible damaging the
central drain system and all of the structures there.
The engineering report will cost about
20 thousand dollars to create, but the county won't approve that
report until they know they will be reimbursed for it.
County workers will do some preliminary
excavation at Island View to see how much of the parking lot and
brick pavers can be saved.
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