{"id":420505,"date":"2026-10-06T19:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T19:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420505\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T19:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T19:32:07","slug":"lee-commissioners-fund-13m-beach-program-for-local-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420505\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee commissioners fund $13M beach program for local beaches |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 Lee County commissioners approved $3.97 million in interlocal agreements for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitfortmyers.com\/lee-vcb\/funding-programs\/beach-and-shoreline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Beach and Shoreline Program projects<\/a> as part of nearly $13 million in Tourist Development Tax revenue budgeted for the program in fiscal year 2026-27, according to a Lee County Commissioners release.<\/p>\n<p>The interlocal agreements are between Lee County and eight entities: Barrier Island Parks Society, Captiva Erosion Prevention District, City of Cape Coral, City of Sanibel, Friends of Lovers Key, Town of Fort Myers Beach, Keep Lee County Beautiful Inc. and Florida Department of Environmental Protection, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.winknews.com\/news\/lee\/vehicle-fire-damages-3-cars-at-fgcu-parking-garage\/article_76da815d-22a7-4648-8e15-765627db1085.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vehicle fire damages 3 cars at FGCU parking garage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The agreements authorize the work and reimbursement of expenses for projects that primarily provide maintenance of beach park facilities, including public access, restrooms and equipment, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioners approved a total of $12.9 million for the Beach and Shoreline Program in the fiscal year 2026-27 budget. In addition to the interlocal agreements, funding was also allocated for Lee County projects including beach nourishment, marine debris and shoreline cleanup, Big Carlos Pass Park, Bonita Beach access improvements and Fort Myers Beach Tram service, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>Beach and Shoreline Program project funding accounts for 26.4% of Tourist Development Tax proceeds. The tax is assessed on short-term lodging, including hotels, resorts and vacation rentals, according to the release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 Lee County commissioners approved $3.97 million in interlocal agreements for Beach and Shoreline&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-420505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420505","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=420505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}