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Northern Estero Island Beach Restoration

(Ft. Myers Beach)

 

Construction Tracking:

 

Bowditch Point to Palmero Circle Palmero Circle to Washington Ave. Washington Ave. to Sterling Ave.

Project Limits

General Information

Design Consultant: Coastal Planning & Engineering, Inc.

 

Initial Restoration

 

Last Updated 4/18/08

Estimated Start Date: TBD
Estimated Completion Date: TBD
Contractor: To Be Determined
Volume of Sand Placed: 0 cyds
Volume of Sand Remaining: 1,010,000 cyds

 

Cost vs. Benefit

Benefit

$ 41, 953,426

Recreational Benefit $11,515,107
Storm Benefit $30,438,319
 
Construction Cost $ 10.5 Million

Federal Share

$4.4 Million

State Share $2.8 Million
County Share (TDC) $2.7 Million
Town Share $600,000

(1) Storm Benefit Projected Over 30 Years

(2) Recreational Benefit Expected Annually.

(3) Cost Distribution Assumes 100% Procurement of Federal Easements

(4) Benefit Data from Applied Technology & Management, Inc. "Estero Island Beach  

      Restoration Project, Economic Analysis", July 2000.



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