At his presser this morning, Mayor D.C. Reeves announced that three of the five Portland Loos ordered will be shipped on Feb. 21.
“It’ll be about two to three weeks once they arrive,” he said. “We don’t control how quickly they get here from the 21st, but once they arrive, it takes about two to three weeks to put the infrastructure in place to get them operational.”
The installation order will be North Palafox near MLK Plaza, the Blake Doyle Skatepark and Bruce Beach.
The mayor also announced that the city will open Phase 1 of the Bruce Beach park earlier than initially reported.
“You guys may recall I mentioned if there was some value in opening the first phase of Bruce Beach that we would consider it,” Reeves said. “That is not finalized yet, but I would say we’re progressing down that idea that we would. I wanted to make sure that there was a restroom in place there, but it’s looking like right now, and again, this isn’t final yet, that we could have Phase 1 open at some point in March, whereas Phase 2 would not be done until October.”
Phase 1 includes the playground and pedestrian bridge. The waterfront amenities will be completed in Phase 2.
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