Refurbishing Red Reef Park’s three-decade-old boardwalk wound up costing $129,600 more for additional support beams and other timber, plus $23,758 to make a beach ramp accessible to the disabled.
Engineers examining the dune crossovers to prepare the bid could not see the covered support timber, Buddy Parks, the city’s deputy recreation services director, said in a letter to the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District.
“As the old boardwalk was demolished, extensive wear and rot were discovered,” Parks said.
The new ramp for the disabled is on the crossover east of Red Reef’s entry gatehouse, with the access point just north of the “rock pile,” Parks said.
He noted that even with the changes, the project came in $388,000 under budget.
Boca Raton operates and maintains Red Reef Park; the Beach and Park District reimburses the city.
— Steve Plunkett
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