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' Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge The County completed improvements on two sites in the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge . Improve- ments included a paved parking area, rest rooms , kiosks, drainage, landscaping, and installation of informa- tional signs . The county was recently awarded an additional $ 1 , 000 , 000 grant from The Department of Environmental Protection to continue with Uplands Restoration and Tidal Marsh Restoration of the Pelican ' Island National Wildlife Refuge . Beach Restoration ' The County developed an overall beach restoration plan in FY 2002 . The plan divides the beach restoration project into four phases . The first phase, which will restore 2 . 5 miles of beach from the Sebastian Inlet on the northern end of the County to just south of the Ambersand Beach access , was designed and permitted during the FY 2002 . In FY 2003 , the county spent $9 , 032,698 to rebuild the 2 . 5 miles of beach. ' Sebastian Water Expansion On going expansion of the Sebastian Water System continues on Phase IIID and IIIE . To date, $ 1 ,993 , 837 has been spent on these phases . When completed, these Phases will provide water service to another 1 ,433 ' lots at an estimated cost of $ 3 . 2 million. With the completion of Phase IIID and IIIE, the County will have installed approximately 109 .4 miles of water lines in Sebastian Highlands providing water service to approxi- mately 8 ,000 lots . Kings Hi hwaY The majority of work was completed on Kings Highway during FY 2003 . The two lane road has been ex- panded to four lanes from 12th Street to Oslo Road. The five east/west bridges over the canal on the east side of Kings Highway were replaced and traffic signals were installed at four intersections and at Oslo Road . Through September 30 , 2003 , the County has spent $ 12 . 5 million dollars . Dodgertown Springy Facility In FY 2003 , the County completed construction of The Los Angeles Dodgers Training Facility for $4,993 ,625 . ' We have an outstanding contract with The Los Angeles Dodgers to reimburse them for maintenance of the grounds and facilities located on 26th Street in Vero Beach. Public Works Complex In FY 1998 , the County began working with Indian River County School Board and The Indian River County Sheriff's Department to develop a joint public works facility in order to centralize a fueling compound and bus storage area. To date $5 , 104,499 has been spent on the facility. The County began using the facility in March 2004 . The School Board and Sheriff's Department will begin using the facility during FY 2004 . Expansion of Coppjy Coup , Jail Indian River County needs to expand the jail . On January 9, 2003 The Board purchased approximately 26 acres of land for $ 906 , 360 . Carter Goble Associates Inc . has been hired as consultants on the project to provide the needs assessment study of the jail in order to review overcrowding issues and to project what needs to be included in any future design for jail expansion. ' vii