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Then another public hearing this year will give residents a chance to learn depths and other details of the dredging process.

The information from the hearings will be taken back to the corps' office to compare with its criteria for the channel. The Corps of Engineers plans to hold at least one public hearing in the spring or summer to get advice from the County Commission and the community about the $4-million dredging project. "We're certainly willing to consider anything," Leeser said. The state environmental protection department already has begun voicing a few objections to another idea for the dredge material: the enhancement of the spoil islands around Coon Key to create a wildlife habitat and a beach for boaters, said Alberto Gonzalez, project manager with the corps.ĭEP's concerns about the prospect to build up the spoil islands center on the danger to existing sea grasses, Lesser said after the meeting.Ĭommissioner Paul Sullivan, who has expressed support for building up the islands, said during the meeting that the enhanced spoil islands could add habitat for species that DEP is trying to protect.īut corps officials told the commission that all ideas still are on the table and that the review and study process will take at least another year.

Tracy Leeser, a civil engineer with the corps, told the Hernando County Commission on Tuesday that raising a mine floor is one of several ideas being considered.