Boardwalk repairs at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center will take longer than expected, though no one knows yet how much longer.
A team from consultant Miller Legg, which is handling the $1.75 million project, did a quick review of the site in mid-September and under the planks discovered electrical wiring for a call box and public address system as well as a PVC water pipe for cleaning the boardwalk.
“The previous plans and current design scope did not include water or electrical design,” Dylan Larson of Miller Legg advised the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, which is paying for the repairs.
Beach and Park commissioners authorized Larson to investigate the situation and report back with cost and time estimates to do additional work.
The nature center’s boardwalk closed to the public in February when engineers said joists under the planks had “no positive means of support” and “could fail without warning.”
Repairs originally were to be completed by the end of the year. Construction, not including the wiring and water pipe, was expected to take four months.
—Steve Plunkett
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