invoked his friend President-elect Donald Trump at a Palm Beach town council meeting earlier this month. After hearing outcry from neighbors and concerns from Town Council members about a proposed seaweed barrier near his North End Palm Beach home, action star Sylvester Stallone pulled the plans during a testy public meeting on Dec. 19, according to the , which is part of the USA TODAY Network.
Stallone's representatives had said in state and federal applications that the barrier was necessary to prevent seaweed and other debris from washing up on his beach. But an October public notice from the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers said agency officials believed that was a secondary concern, with the primary purpose being to "exclude boaters" from the area directly next to Stallone's home. Stallone attended the meeting with his wife, Jennifer Flavin Stallone, and members of the project team. Neighbors first heard about the project earlier this month when several .
A project engineer sent an email soon after the Town Council meeting to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to withdraw that application, according to publicly available records. The Army Corps has not responded to a request to confirm that application was withdrawn as well. However, the project no longer appears on a map or in a database on the Army Corps website.
The estate where the famed "Rocky" and "Rambo" actor and his wife live includes a 262-foot private beach on the lake, along with a two-story mansi.
