Fifteen mangrove islands turned into 5,000 acres of dredged land
Tierra Verde was originally fifteen small mangrove and pine islands used for centuries as Native American ceremonial ground, until a 1960s dredging project created roughly 5,000 acres of new buildable land and the 1962 opening of the Pinellas Bayway connected the reshaped islands to the mainland for the first time. Few communities anywhere sit almost entirely on land created within the last century.
What dredged land means for a bathroom remodel
A bathroom remodel on Tierra Verde's dredged-fill lots should account for how reclaimed ground can settle unevenly over decades, a real factor for plumbing lines and tile work installed on top of it. Assuming stable, settled ground on a dredged lot is a mistake worth avoiding.
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