Simmons Road park construction underway

Plans for a park on Simmons Road that will be accessible to those with physical disabilities as well as on the autism spectrum are moving forward, but one person whose property abuts the park says it is too close for comfort. The park, planned since 2018 for an undeveloped wooded parcel owned by...

  • The walking track around the new city park under construction on Simmons Road has an area veering to the east that a local property owner says is too close to her back yard. The city of Fernandina Beach said some additional trees and shrubs will be planted, but the property owner wants a fence. JULIA ROBERTS/NEWS-LEADER
    The walking track around the new city park under construction on Simmons Road has an area veering to the east that a local property owner says is too close to her back yard. The city of Fernandina Beach said some additional trees and shrubs will be planted, but the property owner wants a fence. JULIA ROBERTS/NEWS-LEADER
Plans for a park on Simmons Road that will be accessible to those with physical disabilities as well as on the autism spectrum are moving forward, but one person whose property abuts the park says it…

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