Florida – Indian River County pays last installment of beach renourishment bill despite subcontractors’ dispute – TCPalm.com

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — County commissioners Tuesday closed out the North Beach restoration project, paying the final $495,746 toward a $10.1 million contract for the first project to use inland sand mines instead of offshore dredging ships.

However, heated disputes between two subcontractors, Sebastian’s Henry Fischer & Sons Inc. and Vero Beach’s Ranch Road Lake LLC, might make it hard to pick local sand miners the next time the county has to tackle beach erosion, commissioners said…Read Entire Article Here

June 19, 2012

image – Walker Dawson, Coastal Tech