
Cape Coral plans to approve $2.9 million project to pay an engineering company to design new and upgraded parks.
Voters approved a property tax hike to raise $60 million for improvement last November, which gives the city enough money to build 11 new parks and a multi-sport park, while also adding improvements to 19 existing parks.
If you would like to view where the new parks will be you can find the locations here.
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