Corkscrew Road Widening Phase 1 & 2 update on March 30, 2024
The following information is provided by Cougar Contracting, Inc.: Corkscrew Road Widening Project – Phase I Construction Project Motorists should expect lane shifts and lane closures during the nighttime/overnight hours of 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Sunday, March 31 as crews stripe the roadway at several locations along Corkscrew Road. Motorists should expect isolated flagging operations with periodic lane closures as the contractor works through the final project punch list. Crews are installing signage, sod, and fencing throughout the project. The contractor continues to complete concrete work including curb and sidewalk. Motorists should expect construction vehicles entering and leaving the [Read More.]
Selection of the Planning, Zoning & Design Board on the agenda for Council on April 3, 2024
The meeting will start at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, appointing members of the Village Planning, Zoning & Design Board, establishing terms of the members and appointing a Chair. Council will then address the framework of cooperation between the Village and the Estero Forever Foundation, the Wright Construction Group piggyback agreement, Jeff Sommer Stadium tree relocation contract, construction site inspection contract, and Estero Parkway plant replacement contract. There will then be a first reading of an ordinance pertaining to the Bella Terra cell tower, followed by a workshop for an update on the Jeff Sommer Stadium turf project and the Ben Hill [Read More.]
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Grant applications and construction management among topics addressed by Council on March 20, 2024
Action Items Infrastructure grant applications Council approved a contract with Hagerty Consulting, Inc., to assist the Village in preparing and submitting infrastructure grant applications. The contract amount is $203,782, with a contingency of $20,000. Lee County received HUD funds to support long-term hurricane recovery for the area, and Hagerty Consulting, Inc., would work with Village staff to get grant applications submitted to Lee County before the end of May. The expected projects are. Broadway Ave West drainage, roadway, and safety improvements Village of Estero Utility Extension Projects(UEP) (Estero Bay Village, See See Street, Sandy Lane, & The Groves) Estero River [Read More.]
Grant applications and construction management on the agenda for Council on March 20, 2024
The meeting will start at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 20, addressing a contract with Hagerty Consulting, Inc., to assist the Village in preparing and submitting infrastructure grant applications. Lee County received funds to support long-term hurricane recovery for the area, and Hagerty Consulting, Inc., would work with Village staff to get grant applications submitted to Lee County before the end of May. Council will then review a proposal to execute a piggyback agreement with Chris-Tel Construction and Manhattan Construction for construction manager at risk services (CMAR) to manage and build smaller projects that are expected to cost less than $4.5 [Read More.]
Cell tower, learning center and daycare reviewed by the Planning, Zoning and Design Board on March 12, 2024
Public Hearing The Board started their meeting with a public hearing for an amendment to Commercial Planned Development to add a 178-foot-tall monopole cell tower on a 12-acre parcel at 19980 Bella Terra Blvd. off Corkscrew Road. The facility will include the monopole with antennas, a 4 x 8-foot concrete pad for a generator, three 10 x 15- foot lease areas, all of which will be enclosed by an eight-foot chain-link fence with barbed wire surrounded by a fifteen-foot-wide landscape buffer with double hedgerow and sable palms. According to the applicant Broadus Tower, this facility is necessary to improve the [Read More.]
The following information is provided by Cougar Contracting, Inc.: Corkscrew Road Widening Project – Phase I Construction Project: The project widens Corkscrew Road to six lanes from Ben Hill Griffin Parkway to Fire House Lane, and to four lanes from Fire House Lane to Bella Terra Boulevard. The project includes adding on-road bike lanes, some sidewalk, installing new drainage, and constructing a wildlife crossing approximately 1000 feet west of the entrance to Cypress Shadows Boulevard. This crossing will coincide with a regional flow-way that crosses Corkscrew Road at that location. The Village of Estero will be installing shared use paths, lighting, and landscaping [Read More.]
Planning, Zoning & Design Board applicants interviewed on March 13, 2024
The Village Council conducted this special workshop in order to interview the 12 applicants for the Planning, Zoning & Design Board. Four members of the Board have terms that expire on April 30, 2024. In addition, there are two vacancies on the Board. The Land Development Code provides for a range of 7-9 members on the Board. Staff advertised for Board members, as well as verifying existing members’ interest in serving on the Board. There were a total of 12 applications; 1 applicant had withdrawn: 8 new volunteers and 4 from existing members whose terms expire in April. There are [Read More.]
Donated, Not Wasted – Lee County’s seventh annual food-rescue campaign begins as seasonal residents head north
Donations to be accepted March 18 through April 1 Lee County Solid Waste’s seventh annual “Donated not Wasted” food rescue campaign encourages seasonal residents and visitors to donate unopened pantry items before returning north. Estero residents can drop off unopened canned or dry goods from Monday, March 18, to Monday, April 1, at the South County Regional Library, 21100 Three Oaks Parkway or Estero Recreation Center, 9200 Corkscrew Palms Blvd. Since the program’s inception, more than 31,100 pounds of food has been diverted from potential disposal and sent to the Harry Chapin Food Bank – enough food to provide more [Read More.]
Corkscrew Road Widening Phase 1 & 2 update on March 10, 2024
The following information is provided by Cougar Contracting, Inc.: Motorists should expect lane shifts and lane closures during the nighttime/overnight hours on Wednesday, March 13 and Thursday March 14 for the contactor to continue work to finish structural asphalt throughout the project. One lane in each direction will remain open during this work. Motorists should expect lane shifts and lane closures during the nighttime/overnight hours starting on Sunday, March 17 for installing the final lift of asphalt throughout the project. This work is expected to last about two weeks. One lane in each direction will remain open during this work. The contractor [Read More.]