City of Naples’ $16 million First Avenue parking garage is expected to open in February after experiencing delays due to hurricanes and heavy rains.
City Construction Manager Brad Hefner provided the Community Redevelopment Agency with a construction update Nov. 4, saying the schedule and contracts were affected by rains from August through October — Tropical Storm Debby and hurricanes Helene and Milton — that led to levels 28.99 inches above the 10-year average.
“This is abnormally wet and … we’re doing everything we can to address it,” Hefner told the CRA, which is composed of the seven City Council members.
The four-level, 364-space public garage, the city’s third, is being built on the south side of First Avenue, west of Goodlette-Frank Road and next to Naples Square. The land was provided by the Wynn family (Downtown Naples LLC) and Gulfshore Playhouse, whose new $60 million theater will benefit. It’s being paid for by CRA funds — from taxpayers whose homes and businesses are within the 550-acre CRA district, which is bounded by Seventh Avenue North, Gordon River, Sixth Avenue South and Third Street South.
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