Weedon Island Preserve Salt Marsh Restoration
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Project ID
000083A
Project Location
Weedon Island Preserve
Project Status
Construction: Not started
Project Overview
Pinellas County is restoring and enhancing a 41-acre section of the Weedon Island Preserve through a pilot project that will remove manmade spoil mounds and improve water flow. Removal of the spoil mounds will create additional black mangrove habitat and the tidal flow will be restored through dredging, filling or de-silting the existing mosquito ditches.
Project Location
Anticipated Project Timeline
- Construction: Spring 2024 – Fall 2025
Community Outreach
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Project Funding
This project is supported by:
- Federal award number SLFRP4653 awarded to Pinellas County Government by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (American Rescue Plan Act of 2021).
- A grant from the Southwest Florida Water Management District.
- An anticipated State grant.
- The Penny for Pinellas.
Contact Us
Nedima Ablakovic
Project Manager
Public Works / Capital Improvements
14 S. Ft. Harrison Ave., Clearwater, FL 33756
(727) 464-4224
nablakovic@pinellas.gov