The long-sought environmental education center at Se7en Wetlands Park is a go.
The Lakeland City Commission has approved a $1.2 million contract with Rodda Construction to build the center near the 1,600-acre park’s northern entrance.
The work will be funded with a $977,165 grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and $259.927 in city funds.
The park, which opened in 2018, contains a trail system that is popular for wildlife viewing. It contains a number of treatment wetlands designed to remove nutrients from the city’s sewer discharges before the water reaches the North Prong of the Alafia River and a pipeline that supplies cooling water to TECO’s Polk Power Station.