The seawall is being dug up as part of an expansive hurricane resiliency project nearing completion. If successful, it could revitalize a historic highway in the Sunshine State.
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00:00What lies beneath these miles of sand dunes could save one of Florida's most
00:05scenic highways. Parts of A1A along Florida's East Coast are getting a much
00:10needed facelift. This this area gets hit a lot by hurricanes and often we get a
00:18lot of damage of A1A. Parts of it are washed away. It's called a Seekent Wall
00:23which isn't like a traditional seawall you would see along any stretch of
00:27Lake Beach. Underneath all of that sand is a wall of steel and fiberglass that
00:32ranges from 18 to 40 feet deep. But they're also bringing in tons of sand.
00:38In fact, just this project here at the south wall, they're bringing about 125
00:43tons of sand to replenish the dune in the hopes it'll be able to withstand major
00:48hurricanes. After several years of active hurricane seasons, the cities of
00:53Flagler Beach and Ormond-by-the-Sea invested over $100 million for this
00:58road renourishment project in the hopes of limiting or stopping coastal erosion in
01:03the future. Tony Marlow has owned his restaurant, the Golden Lion Cafe, for
01:09almost 33 years. He's weathered many storms and is hopeful what this project
01:15might bring to his corner of a vacationer's paradise. We've had a
01:19lot of over the years, you know, we've had hurricanes, we've seen the pier flow
01:23away. It's impacted us and everybody else. This buried seawall system should be
01:28complete in another four to six months and before the height of hurricane
01:33season. In Volusia County, Florida, I'm Leslie Hudson for AccuWeather.