Bids will now be opened Friday for the massive pipeline beach renourishment project the town is hoping to start in June. The bids were originally expected to be opened yesterday. The first round of bids for this project came in $10 million over the $22 million budget.
When both the truck-haul and dredging beach renourishment projects are complete, Fort Myers Beach will see $43 million worth of new sand (1.3 million yards). 900,000 yards of the 1.3 million will be from the dredging project with the balance from the truck-haul project.
The start of the dredging project is contingent upon a vendor actually meeting the $22 million budget.
The approximately $22 Million beach renourishment project is being funded through multiple sources: Lee County ($6,431,534), The Florida Department of Environmental Protection ($14,013,346), FEMA ($1,408,050) and the town ($2,247,741).
The bids will be opened at 11:15 at Town Hall and we will broadcast it live on our Facebook page and on our YouTube Channel.
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