The former Splashdown Divers building is reduced to rubble next to the Sea Mist III drift boat at Boynton Harbor Marina. Photo courtesy of Kim Weiss
By Jane Smith
The old dive shop building at the Boynton Harbor Marina was demolished as the last piece of an $18 million plan to redo the marina area.
Demolition started Nov. 2, and most of the work was done in four days.
The city’s Community Redevelopment Agency board, which controls the marina, received an update on Nov. 10.
“It’s the last piece in tying that area together from a pedestrian and driver point of view,” said Vivian Brooks, CRA executive director.
The project work won’t start until the summer. “We don’t want to interrupt our businesses during the season,” she said.
The building will be replaced with a shaded park for the public with a walking path and seating, roadway realignment, extra parking spaces and other features, estimated to cost $700,000.
The CRA sought county approval in May to demolish the vacant two-story structure. It needed county approval because of a $2 million county grant received in 2006. The agreement limited what could happen to that 1969 building.
The BG Group LLC of Boca Raton won the demolition bid in September with its estimated cost of $24,950.
Now CRA staff will prepare bids for construction of the open space, allowing it to start late spring of 2016.
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