The Cape Coral City Council is prepared to vote on the “Yacht Club Marine Development Package”, a plan nearly $23 million in scope aimed at rebuilding seawalls, ramps, and docks at the historic waterfront park. Many residents have expressed frustration over the prolonged wait and the associated financial burden.<\/p>\n
The city has described the Yacht Club Marine Development Package as essential for rebuilding the waterfront following Hurricane Ian. However, residents are growing increasingly impatient with the delays.<\/p>\n
“Nothing is being done. Nothing is being started,” said Susan Fisher.<\/p>\n
The project includes constructing a new seawall, dock infrastructure, and a boat ramp. If approved, it will cost $22.78 million, a portion of the estimated $225 million total needed for the entire rebuild.<\/p>\n
“The taxpayers should not cover it. If my house burns down, the taxpayers aren’t gonna help me rebuild,” said Joseph Fisher.<\/p>\n
While some funding will come from state grants, the city plans to cover the rest through city-issued debt, which will eventually affect homeowners like Joseph.<\/p>\n
“Taxes are not a good subject with me,” said Fisher.<\/p>\n
Longtime visitors are also feeling the effects of the delay.<\/p>\n
“Coming here the first time, before it burnt down, and the storm wiped it out. It was probably one of our favorite places to come on the boat,” said Dana.<\/p>\n
After a year without progress, Dana has lost confidence in the city’s timeline.<\/p>\n
If the council approves the project today, it has a 605-day timeline, pushing completion to mid-2027. Yet, skepticism remains within the community.<\/p>\n
“It’s not gonna happen. If we’ve had nothing this amount of time, I can’t see it happening in another 300 days,” said Susan Fisher.<\/p>\n
The Cape Coral City Council is currently in session, and the decision on whether this project will proceed or face further delays is anticipated soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cape Coral City Council is prepared to vote on the “Yacht Club Marine Development Package”, a plan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,3837,325],"class_list":["post-34895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-collaborator_gen_stories","tag-lee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34895","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=34895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}