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                              Concerned Friends of Fernandina is a grassroots citizens group formed to inform and involve

                             residents wanting to preserve the small town  identity of Fernandina Beach and its natural beauty.

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Greenway - (or not so green)    Found high concentrations of copper and zinc in the soil at the foot of the Atlantic Ave. bridge , DEP has shut down the project. To deal with the situation they have brought in large filtering equipment to make sure none of this continues to leach into the marsh on the other side of the street.   

 

  • Update:  15 Mar 04
Status of Atlantic Ave. and Egans Creek Greenway

 

The city is waiting for the arrival of the gates that are to be installed to allow the salt water from the creek to the north to flow into the newly created marsh area to the south.  These gates should be here by the end of March, beginning of April thus allowing the project to go forward and hopefully allow Atlantic Avenue be restored to a normal highway.
Unfortunately the company who is fabricating these gates had filed for Chapter 11 which caused the slowdown of this project.  In order for the company to file bankruptcy, a stipulation was added that they had to complete these gates and get them to Fernandina Beach.   
This is only an update for those who are tired of seeing the mess that we have lived with the "6 week street closure" since last year.  No enviromental conclusions yet available?

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  •  28 May 03

EDITORIAL

Egans Creek plan makes little sense

The city and state have made a mistake, we believe, by commencing a project to return a freshwater wetlands along Egans Creek to its natural saltwater state.
In hindsight, one could contend that the flow of salt water should never have been halted 70 years ago -- that the marsh south of Atlantic Avenue should have been left natural.
But now we have seven decades of history and development, both natural and man-made, that argues otherwise.
The freshwater wetlands has attracted plant and animal life that will die off or flee the saltwater intrusion.
The natural beauty of this area has attracted homeowners and led the city to develop a greenway along the creek. What effect will the return of the salt marsh have on these?
We may be trading a lush, pleasant corner of our island for a desolate landscape as saltwater kills off vegetation in a decades-long process that will take years to achieve the natural beauty of the marsh that can be seen north of Atlantic Avenue.
Ironically, this state project is intended to mitigate the effects of human development in Duval County.
But at what cost to the quality of life on this island?


Editor Michael Parnell can be reached at mparnell@fbnewsleader.com.

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