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Fort Myers Beach advisory panel urges council to map and plan canal dredging; motion passes 6-1
Summary
The Marine and Environmental Resource Task Force recommended that the town council hire a consultant to map ownership, assess canal needs and pursue funding options for dredging clogged canals; members voted 6–1 to advise council to proceed with outside consultation and a survey.
The Marine and Environmental Resource Task Force voted to ask the Fort Myers Beach Town Council to move forward with a canal-dredging program study and to seek outside consultants to map ownership and financial options.
The task force’s chair, David Nussbaum, moved that the group “request that the town council continue moving the project forward looking at every financial application that can help pay to get the canals back to pre‑Ian condition.” The motion was seconded and approved 6–1.
Why it matters: Sand deposited in many canals after Hurricane Ian has reduced navigability for homeowners and boaters. Members said mapping ownership, documenting maintenance and assembling a permit plan…
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