They've flattened the sand cliff at Vero Beach Resort. There is an article in today's local paper.
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/dec/01/county-contractors-repair-145sand-cliff-at-of/
From website:
By Henry A. Stephens
TCPalm
Posted December 1, 2010 at 7 p.m., updated December 1, 2010 at 11:17 p.m.
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY County contractors Wednesday leveled a 6-foot sand cliff along part of the beachfront at Disney's Vero Beach Resort, a $1,200 tax-funded job to repair part of a much larger beach restoration project.
"A big part of us coming down here with our vacation dollars is access to the beach and a nice beach," said Joe Grubbs, a civil engineer visiting from the Pittsburgh area. "The beach is the big draw. Otherwise we could sit at a pool in Orlando and still get the same Disney service we got here."
Grubbs said he and his wife, Rita, and twins Leanne and Rachel, both 14, have stayed at Disney next to Wabasso Beach Park for the last three Thanksgivings. They spent their last morning watching bulldozer operator Randy Pearl, from Stuart's Sunshine Land Design Inc., level the cliff.
The cliff was higher, about 10 to 12 feet, when Disney officials alerted the county to it in late October after the first of a series of northeasterly storms hit the coast. County officials were concerned about safety.
The main beach contractor, Ranger Construction Industries Inc., placed almost 300,000 cubic yards of sand, or 17,000 truckloads, from Indian River Shores north to the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge before leaving the beach April 30 for turtle-nesting season. The contractor is expected to finish the $10.3 million project starting next week.
County Coastal Engineer James Gray said the storms' destruction didn't offset the value of the sand project. He said they had placed 21,800 cubic yards of sand or about 1,300 truckloads at the Disney part of the project.
Gray said the storms only took 1,030 cubic yards, or some 60 truckloads, but said it looked worse because of the cliff. And while the cliff was worth repairing, Gray said, Ranger won't be replacing the lost sand in the next phase of the project.
"A 5 percent loss is very minimal," he said.