The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and St. Johns County, Florida, have signed another agreement under which the county will use up to 2.2 million cubic yards of sand from federal waters for beach and dune restoration along almost 9 miles of Ponte Vedra Beach.

This is the second agreement BOEM has signed with St. Johns County this year. BOEM granted access to 1.1 million cubic yards of sand for work on South Ponte Vedra Beach in April 2021. Both sand projects address damage that occurred in 2016 and 2017 from Hurricanes Matthew and Irma and other erosion.