The board that oversees a popular Southeast Georgia state park is weighing a 36% increase in the cost of annual passes.
A committee of the Jekyll Island Authority has approved raising the cost of annual passes to the island from $55 to $75, The Brunswick News reported. Prices for camping spaces, rounds of golf and water park admission would increase as well.
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The changes are part of a proposed $35.4 million budget for Jekyll Island’s 2023 fiscal year, which starts July 1. The authority plans to soon start construction on a new public safety facility and buy an $875,000 ladder truck.
The budget also contains funding for $30,000 to assess a proposal to add a pickle ball court on the island.
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The full board is scheduled to cast a final vote June 21.
The $8 cost of day passes to Jekyll Island won’t change. The board last raised those in 2019.
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