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Town environmental manager details renourishment funding, schedule and bird protections
Summary
Town environmental manager Chad Shoots briefed council on the beach renourishment project: over $10 million in HRRGP/other grant funds have been awarded, a $14 million local-government grant will fund the South End construction, and the contractor is managing nesting-season contingencies with FWC-approved monitors.
Fort Myers Beach — Chad Shoots, the town’s environmental manager, updated the council on the ongoing beach renourishment work and related funding on Feb. 3. Shoots said the town and partners have secured several state and federal grants totaling more than $10 million to supplement town and county funds and that contingency and environmental-monitoring plans are in place to address shorebird nesting constraints.
Shoots said the town’s grant-winning effort brought an additional HRRGP award that adds $8.3 million for the Bridal/Brig area, on top of an earlier $1.8 million award used for prior…
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