DOOR COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – Planning continues for a new Eagle Tower at Door County’s Peninsula State Park.
The DNR says public input calls for a 75-foot tower with an external ramp through the woods.
Friends of Peninsula State Park Business Manager Steve Strucely says “it’s going to start out in the woods and kind of loop around to eventually get to the peak of the tower.”
Strucely says a subcommittee of his Friends group has raised more than $650,000.
“Once we get to our first goal of $750,000, we can start making plans about what else needs to happen.”
The state has also agreed to pay $750,000.
Altogether, the project is expected to cost roughly $2.1-million dollars.
“Still have to do the work of going out for bids and doing more detailed design to really nail down that budget and get to a more precise number.”
The goal is to have the tower in place by summer 2019, three years after the old one was taken down due to safety concerns.
