{"id":779915,"date":"2026-05-07T15:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/779915\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:30:20","slug":"jacksonville-to-remove-damaged-northeast-creek-park-boardwalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/779915\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville to remove damaged Northeast Creek Park boardwalk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Jacksonville will begin removing a damaged boardwalk at Northeast Creek Park as part of a larger waterfront restoration effort, according to city officials.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said work will begin next week at the boardwalk near the boat launch area. The structure has been damaged over time by severe weather, including Hurricane Florence, and will be removed due to safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jacksonville to remove damaged Northeast Creek Park boardwalk\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/142d3325-2ca8-4b2a-a951-8eb254760c4b-jacksonvillebridge2.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville to remove damaged Northeast Creek Park boardwalk<\/p>\n<p>The removal marks the first phase of the Northeast Creek Park Restoration Project, which is expected to continue into late winter and spring of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Plans for the site include a new boardwalk, a fishing pier extending into Northeast Creek, a living shoreline, wetland restoration, and an ADA-compliant kayak launch.<\/p>\n<p>City officials said the project is funded through a multi-year Coastal Resiliency Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, awarded in October 2024.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jacksonville to remove damaged Northeast Creek Park boardwalk\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6adf3db1-c802-4c77-bebe-62ca03634524-jacksonvillebridge3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville to remove damaged Northeast Creek Park boardwalk<\/p>\n<p>Pat Donovan-Brandenburg said the improvements will enhance both public access and environmental protection.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Having a safe boardwalk and pier as well as adding a kayak launch for the public is important to improving quality of life here in Jacksonville,\u201d Donovan-Brandenburg said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Officials said the project also aims to address erosion and strengthen shoreline resilience through wetland expansion and living shoreline installation.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s Stormwater and Engineering divisions are overseeing the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Jacksonville will begin removing a damaged boardwalk at Northeast Creek Park as part of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":779916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-779915","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116534014598955971","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}