Central Avenue Median Restoration

Central Ave Median Restoration Project

The City of Naples has developed a landscape median restoration project along Central Ave from 6^th St to Gulf Shore Blvd.   The existing median vegetation has provided a beautiful streetscape for many, many years.  However, it has been damaged by storms and hurricanes, and much of the materials have outgrown their planting space.  In addition, there are irrigation issues that contribute to the decline of mature plantings.  A major goal of the City of Naples’ Vision Plan is to preserve the City’s distinctive landscape character that makes Naples the green jewel of southwest Florida. 

The City has developed plans to restore the medians along Central Ave with the design assistance of Kimley-Horn.  This project does involve the complete demolition of the existing landscaping and irrigation; that includes removing the 127 trees and palms, ground cover, irrigation, and about 18-24 inches of dirt.  There are 2 large Royal Poinciana trees in the 300 block of the medians that remain and were designed around. This project includes new ornamental shrubs, groundcovers and adds to the canopy capacity by replanting trees and palms.

We anticipate the project will start in mid-May 2023 and will be completed within 90 days.  The contractor’s work should result in minimal disruption or impact to the neighborhood. 

Provided below are the designs for the project.  Please review and email any questions or comments to Heather Shields at hshields@naplesgov.com.