Council will start their meeting at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, recognizing two outstanding Estero students. Action items include a Williams Road and Atlantic Gulf Blvd. contract amendment, a resolution to facilitate the creation of a purchasing card program, and a bond services agreement. A workshop will follow with an update on the Bonita Estero Rail Trail (BERT) corridor acquisition. The full agenda is available here. Meetings are held in the Council Chambers, Village Hall, 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle, near the entrance to the Estero Park. Residents may view the meeting here and provide public comment by utilizing the eComment Card on [Read More.]

Council will start their meeting at 9:30 am., Wednesday, honoring Estero’s first Land Use Attorney Nancy Stroud Esq. for her 11 years of service. Action items include: an agreement for land use legal services, ownership of the Sherrill Lane and Luettich Lane right-of-way in anticipation of constructing the Broadway Avenue West Utility Extension Project, and adoption of new employee benefits. There will be a second reading of an ordinance adopting revisions to the Land Development Code. Following the meeting, there will be Workshops including an update on the water monitoring program, status of the Chick-fil-A development order and Code Compliance [Read More.]

Drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists are urged to use extra caution when traveling through the work zone. On Monday, January 26 through Wednesday, January 28 between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., crews will be paving the new roadway on the south side of Corkscrew Road from the east end of Corkscrew Shores to Alico Road. Some brief lane closures are possible, and motorists should expect brief stoppages as trucks enter and leave the roadway. Please drive with extra caution and follow the directions of flaggers. Crews are installing sewer force main throughout the project. Crews will be installing drainage throughout the project area on Corkscrew Road and [Read More.]

Council will start their meeting at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, addressing resolutions pertaining to funding capital improvement projects with tax-exempt debt and amending Resolution No. 2025-20 with updated Community Development fees. Public hearings will be conducted for resolutions to establish a non-ad valorem assessment for package plant to central sewer system projects for Sunny Grove Park and Cypress Bend RV Resort. There will be a first reading of Ordinance 2025-16 amending Chapter 26 of the Village Code regarding special assessments, such as for a conversion of a community using septic systems to the common sanitary sewer system. A second reading of [Read More.]

Drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists are urged to use extra caution when traveling through the work zone. During the nighttime/overnight hours of 7 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 3 and Thursday, December 4, crews will be installing drainage on Corkscrew Road just east of the Alico Road intersection.  Crews will be installing sidewalk and barrier wall on the south side of Corkscrew Road between Corkscrew Shores and Alico Road. Crews are installing sewer force main near the west end of the project, as well as new water main on the north side of Corkscrew Road. Motorists should drive with [Read More.]

Drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists are urged to use extra caution when traveling through the work zone.   Motorists are advised that crews will be closing Wayside Lane for force main work for one day during the daytime hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This work will occur no sooner than Thursday, October 30. More details will be provided as schedules are finalized.  Crews will be installing curb on the south side of Corkscrew Road between Corkscrew Shores and Alico Road. Crews are installing sewer force main near Alico Road and at the west end of the project, as well as [Read More.]

Lee County Utilities has rescinded a precautionary Boil Water Notice to an estimated 450 residences and five businesses in Estero’s Wildcat Run that had been in place due to a water main break.  Bacterial testing has shown the drinking water is safe and residents may now resume usual use of their water without the need to boil it. The precautionary notice had been in place since Tuesday, Aug. 26.

Drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists are urged to use extra caution when traveling through the work zone.   Motorists should expect lane closures during the nighttime/overnight hours of 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. for crews to work on storm sewer and force main crossings. Flaggers will be onsite to assist motorists. Motorists should drive with caution and expect intermittent daytime flagging as road crews are performing earthwork up to the shoulders of the road on Corkscrew Road and Alico Road, within the project limits. Please be aware that trucks may be entering and leaving the roadway. Crews will be installing drainage throughout [Read More.]