Gary Jurenovich letter to the editor

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We should all support the ongoing effort to renourish our beaches. 

There is currently a citizen-led group that has been effective in organizing residents to get this process started and funded. Many have seen the Save our Beaches signs along Ponte Vedra Boulevard with the proposed MSTU. The Save PVB Group should be applauded for their efforts.  We all enjoy the beach and the sad fact is we have experienced two near misses with past storms Mathew and Irma. Even though we did not take a direct hit, our beaches have been severely eroded. Can you imagine if Florence, which just impacted the coast of North Carolina, had instead dropped a little south?  Shear devastation.  

This effort should be supported, and it should also be the No. 1 priority of our county.  County staff must continue to lobby our state to help us get sand put back on the beach. I can see a time coming soon where we will all have to become involved with the effort, and I mean everyone.  

If another storm even comes close to our shoreline in the future, and we do not have additional sand on the beach, the water is going to rise over the dunes and affect us all. Streets and homes will flood. We need the beach to be renourished with an ongoing program similar to other counties, and we must rely on our own county to help us with this.  

I do applaud and support our Ponte Vedra Boulevard residents who have spearheaded this effort and I also encourage others to do the same.