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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 4/08/05

Estimated Start Date: Summer 2005
Estimated Completion Date: Winter 2005
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
Strom Benefit $30,438,319
 
Construction Cost $ 6.7 Million

Federal Share

$3.3 Million
State Share $1.5 Million
County Share (TDC) $1.5 Million
Town Share $400,000

(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.