Indian River County’s adopted Five-Year Schedule of Capital Improvements totals $700,000.
$250,000 for “Paving / Campground improvements” to be funded with $50,000 in FY 2026/27 and $200,000 in FY 2027/28.
$450,000 for “T-dock construction” to be funded with $50,000 in FY 2027/28 and $400,000 in FY 2028/29.
Indian River County’s publicly stated “future plans” for Blue Cypress Lake center on two parallel tracks:
Middleton Fish Camp Park (public access) — upgrades + a planning process
The County is in a formal “future vision” phase for Blue Cypress Lake / Middleton Fish Camp Park, explicitly calling out:
- Keeping the park open and safe for use (continuity of operations)
- Beginning to determine a “future vision” for the site
- Public meetings and engagement to shape that vision
- Aligning allocated funding with grants and partnership opportunities
- Setting operational goals and an implementation plan Indian River County
- Paving
- Campground improvements
- T-dock construction
with $250,000 programmed in FY 2026/27 (shown under both Optional Sales Tax and Boating Improvement Fund entries). Indian River County
The County’s Blue Cypress Lake / Middleton Fish Camp Park materials also document an ongoing community input process (including a “Community Input Meeting” dated Aug 18, 2025). Indian River County+1
Environmental land protection around the lake — conservation acquisitions tied to the St. Johns headwaters
The County is also framing Blue Cypress Lake as a conservation priority—specifically “protecting Blue Cypress Lake & the headwaters of the St. Johns River”—under its environmental land acquisition efforts. Indian River County
That aligns with the County’s Environmental Lands Program (supported by the voter-approved bond framework), which is designed to:
- Acquire and permanently preserve environmentally significant lands to protect water resources, habitat, and natural areas; and
- Potentially construct public access improvements associated with those conservation lands (e.g., parking/restrooms/trails and related infrastructure). Indian River County
Blue Cypress Lake 