(BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss.) - The city of Bay St. Louis wants to make some changes to its proposed municipal marina.
The Sea Coast Echo reports that the city wants a permit to change construction pilings, offer a new deck design and to fill in thousands of square feet of water bottoms.
The marina will not contain a boat launch or allow commercial fishing activity.
It is being paid for with about $17 million in federal funds.
Bay St. Louis previously received permits to build the facility.
The state Department of Marine Resources and the Office of Pollution Control must approve the revisions.
The permanent filling of 9,075 feet of water bottoms requires a variance to the Mississippi Coastal Program, which discourages permanent filling of coastal wetland.
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