A group of New Smyrna Beach homeowners is making history — and racing against the clock to do it. After a three-and-a-half-year battle with state and county officials, residents along the beachfront have received the green light to build what will be the city’s first-ever natural coquina rock revetment. There’s just one catch: it has to be finished by May 1 — the start of sea turtle nesting season.

The Florida Department of Transportation has resumed construction on its critical buried seawall projects in Volusia and Flagler counties.

Work has officially started for a buried seawall along A1A in Ormond-by-the-Sea.