10/04/2012
by Max Marbut, Staff Writer
A $50,000 project that’s $45,000 short of being funded could be a beneficiary of the Florida Department of Transportation’s Overland Bridge Project.
 
A proposed inland artificial reef in the St. Johns River near San Marco was on the Jacksonville Waterways Commission Artificial Reef Subcommittee’s agenda Wednesday at City Hall.
The reef is proposed to be constructed in 16 feet of water west of Jim Rink Park and south of the Fuller Warren Bridge.
City Planner Jody McDaniel said the process of obtaining permits to construct the artificial reef is proceeding with state and federal agencies.
She said the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have requested additional information.
“They have 10 concerns,” including mapping the proposed site, details on how the reef will be deployed and monitoring the effect the underwater structure may have on endangered species, McDaniel said. She described the reef in the …