On Monday the Fort Myers Beach Town Council approved a $95,710 add-on to Earth Balance’s dune plantings contract. The additional plantings will be paid for by a Florida Department of Emergency Management grant and bring the total number of plants on the beach to 160,000.
The town has already paid Earth Balance $510,000 for the dune plantings assignment which was completed earlier this month. The plantings were started right after the town’s beach renourishment project was completed and the pipes were removed.
$95,720 will get the town an additional 25,000 plants.
Fort Myers Beach Marine Operations Project Manager Chad Chustz told the Town Council Monday that the plants will slow down winds and helps build up the dune over time as the plants stop some of the from making it all the way to the homes and businesses on Estero Boulevard.
If you would like plantings by your property and you have not yet signed an easement with the town to get the plants you can still get in the program by calling Chad at 239-462-8127.
If you see these sticks on the beach, do not walk over the plantings.
