{"id":296863,"date":"2026-06-05T06:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/296863\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T06:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:34:14","slug":"city-council-approves-funding-for-calusa-boardwalk-project-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/296863\/","title":{"rendered":"City Council approves funding for Calusa boardwalk project | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Fort Myers City Hall.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/696952092e552.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fort Myers is moving forward with plans to replace the aging boardwalk at The Calusa Nature Center &amp; Planetarium as part of ongoing improvements to the 105-acre nature preserve.<\/p>\n<p>                                    Brian Tietz<\/p>\n<p>Fort Myers officials are moving forward with plans to rebuild the 1970s-era boardwalk at The Calusa Nature Center &amp; Planetarium.<\/p>\n<p>City Council at its regular meeting on June 1 approved a $98,000 professional services agreement with EnSite Inc. for the planning, permitting and administrative stage of the project. Funded by the city\u2019s voter-approved GO Bonds, it includes 1,776 linear feet of walkway along with observation platforms, shade structures and lighting.<\/p>\n<p>While Calusa Nature Center is open, the boardwalk remains closed after absorbing years of use and damage from hurricanes. Its replacement is a central part of the 105-acre property\u2019s revival in recent years, part of efforts to improve visitor experience and support the nonprofit nature refuge\u2019s long-term growth.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Myers is moving forward with plans to replace the aging boardwalk at The Calusa Nature Center &amp;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[27371,42505,209,211,210,897,36687,22507],"class_list":["post-296863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-boardwalk","tag-calusa-nature-center","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-fort-myers","tag-rebuild","tag-urban-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296863","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=296863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}