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Council approves extra dune plantings, change order and engineering services tied to Estero Island shoreline project
Summary
Council approved a change order to add roughly 25,500 dune plants and a Coastal Engineering supplemental task authorization for construction-phase work and monitoring tied to the island shoreline project. Town staff said contractor retainage will cover some consultant costs and that federal/state grant funds are funding plantings.
Fort Myers Beach — The Town Council on Monday approved additional work tied to the Estero Island shoreline protection and beach renourishment efforts, including a change order adding roughly 25,500 plants to the dune planting contract and a supplemental task authorization for coastal engineering construction‑phase services.
Chad Schutz, the town's environmental project manager, told the council the additional planting work supplements an earlier contract that initially covered about 135,000 plants. The change order adds approximately 25,500 plants to the contract with Earth Balance Corporation, increasing the contract…
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