Cove Point Street in Tequesta

The retaining wall and embankment of Cove Point Street, located along the shoreline of the northwest fork of the Loxahatchee River, was damaged by substantial erosion. As a result, severe flooding of the roadway during peak king tidal and storm events began to impact residents’ ability to easily cross the area on foot or by car. The inundation also damaged the roadway, impacting maintenance and lifespan for the road.

Engineers addressed the problem by erecting a concrete seawall next to the shoreline along the roadway and raised the roadway’s elevation by more than a foot against the seawall pile cap. The entire affected roadway segment was then repaved. As a result of the road and seawall improvements, there have only been reports of tidal flooding during extreme storm events such as hurricanes.