Franklin County has received a $200,000 grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to improve the playground the public beach on St. George Island.
The playground equipment was removed from the park earlier this year as it had deteriorated beyond repair.
The previous playground was not easily accessible by wheelchairs and contained no equipment for users with sensory or mobility impairments.
The proposed playground improvements will be placed just north of the prior playground and will be handicapped accessible with surface accessibility enhancements/shade and a picnic area.
There will also be low maintenance native landscaping and turtle friendly security lighting.
The project still needs to be designed and bid out, so it could be some months before work begins.
Next month the county commission will create an advisory committee for the project to assist in ranking and evaluating the proposals.
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