Coastal communities throughout the Apalachee Region are all too familiar with chronic erosion along the shorelines. Summer and winter storms bring high winds and raise water levels; chronic erosion is a daily occurrence with the ebb and flow of the tide. Year after year, Franklin County’s shoreline experiences these conditions, causing portions of coastal Highway 98 to suffer.

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Highway 98 is the main artery and the only evacuation route for many residents of the surrounding  communities, tying Franklin County together, covering Apalachicola, Eastpoint, Carrabelle, and St Teresa. It acts as the only thoroughfare for some residents. For decades, various traditional approaches to coastal protection including hard armoring techniques ranging from wooden and concrete seawalls and bulkheads, to rip rap and roadway foundations of articulated concrete have been implemented.                                                              READ MORE