TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. - The $126 million Pinellas County beach renourishment project is officially set to get underway, with crews beginning work this week in Indian Shores.

What we know:

The project will restore sand along nine miles of shoreline, with the goal of reinforcing dunes washed away during the destructive 2024 hurricane season.

But even as bulldozers and pipelines are set to arrive, more than 120 property owners are holding out. County officials say Indian Rocks Beach, Indian Shores, and Redington Shores have the largest clusters of missing easements.

At a Tourist Development Council meeting last week, Public Works Director Kelli Hammer Levy explained why those signatures are critical:

"What we’ve been asking the community for is a temporary construction easement. And

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