While dreams of a newly renovated Cape Coral park officially began Tuesday afternoon, those at the project site felt as if they were watching a nightmare. Peering through fenced blocked with black privacy tarps, Cape residents who fought for the preservation of Jaycee Park watched as trees ...
The city of Cape Coral will host a Water Conservation Town Hall for residents and homeowners Monday, Nov. 12, from 6-7 p.m. This informational meeting will be held in City Council Chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Blvd. City staff will offer brief presentations, followed by breakout sessions for resident Q&A. No RSVP is necessary to attend. Topics covered at the town hall include: • Soil sensors and smart controllers. • How to qualify for a $500 rebate. • Irrigation schedule var-iance for smart sensors. • Current irrigation schedule. • Water quality. n How to ...
Jaycee Park will close to the public Tuesday as a $16-18 million renovation of the riverfront park gets under way. Re-opening not anticipated until late next year. A fence will be installed so site preparations can commence, city officials said. The park at the end of Beach Parkway is expected to remain closed until the fall of 2025, the target for substantial completion within 15 months. "These significant upgrades will transform Jaycee Park, offering enhanced recreational facilities and new amenities for the community," the city said in a release issued last Tuesday. "The City ...
The expansion of Cape Coral Parkway to six lanes will be among the discussion items at Wednesday's Cape Coral City Council workshop. The lane configuration, signal retiming and parking space study came about due to significant traffic congestion during travel peak hours at the Cape Coral Bridge. The city's Public Works Department was assigned the task of increasing the roadway capacity of the main thoroughfare from the Cape into Fort Myers as well as Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel. As proposed, the plan calls for repurposing the parking/turn-lanes to through lanes and retiming traffic ...
Cape Coral City Council will get an update on the state of the old golf course acreage Wednesday, a 175-acre parcel the city is eyeing as a possible park. The current and ongoing maintenance tasks includes the city-wide mowing program, which takes place twice a month, pond clean-up and treatment, cart path assessment, parking lot, limited site assessment for maintenance and soils and developing a tree plan around the perimeter of the property, according to the presentation that is part of the council agenda. About 85-90% of the trees on the property are invasive species, according to ...
The Boathouse Tiki Bar & Grill has been popular in Cape Coral for years. Residents anticipated its opening in 2014. They watched the waterfront restaurant's months-long rebuild after Hurricane Ian devastated the Yacht Club Community Park in September 2022. They were happy the popular ...
