{"id":222474,"date":"2026-04-07T20:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222474\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T20:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:39:10","slug":"breaking-down-the-plans-for-pine-island-pickleball-courts-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/222474\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking down the plans for Pine Island pickleball courts | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lee Board of County Commissioners approved construction of three dedicated pickleball courts at Phillips Park in Bokeelia, part of ongoing efforts to expand recreational amenities countywide.<\/p>\n<p>The $616,199 project includes benches, sidewalks, landscaping, fencing and an ADA-accessible parking space, addressing growing demand for standalone courts.<\/p>\n<p>Built in 1973, the park\u2019s shared tennis courts have long served pickleball players, prompting calls for dedicated space. Construction is expected to begin in May and finish this fall.<\/p>\n<p>The county has also recently invested in additional pickleball upgrades, including resurfacing courts at Wa-Ke Hatchee Park and a $3.2 million expansion at Rutenberg Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lee Board of County Commissioners approved construction of three dedicated pickleball courts at Phillips Park in Bokeelia, part&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,356,100746,3129,5382,100747],"class_list":{"0":"post-222474","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news","11":"tag-lee-county","12":"tag-phillips-park","13":"tag-pickleball-courts","14":"tag-pine-island","15":"tag-recreational-amenities"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}