More vision offered for the city’s waterfront

The Fernandina Beach City Commission appeared to take a first, if informal, step last week in actually moving forward with a new plan for the public waterfront along the Amelia River by reaching a consensus on a concept for a waterfront park, a reconfiguration of downtown streets, and improved flood...

  • A plan for the area north of the present-day Fernandina Harbor Marina and Parking Lot A shows an area, colored brown, along the Amelia River that is currently underwater. The city of Fernandina Beach might build a bulkhead in that area and fill it in, creating over a half-acre of new land under the Butler Land Act. CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH
    A plan for the area north of the present-day Fernandina Harbor Marina and Parking Lot A shows an area, colored brown, along the Amelia River that is currently underwater. The city of Fernandina Beach might build a bulkhead in that area and fill it in, creating over a half-acre of new land under the Butler Land Act. CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH
    The Fernandina Beach City Commission appeared to take a first, if informal, step last week in actually moving forward with a new plan for the public waterfront along the Amelia River by reaching a ...

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