County reports on schedules for upcoming holiday
Most Lee County administrative operations will be closed on Sept. 2 in observance of Labor Day.
The county’s holiday schedule adjustments are as follows:
– DOMESTIC ANIMAL SERVICES
Lee County Domestic Animal Services, at 5600 Banner Drive, Fort Myers, will be closed on Sept. 2. It will resume regular business hours on Sept. 3.
– LEETRAN
LeeTran will not run bus, trolley, ULTRA on-demand or paratransit service on Sept. 2. Services will resume on Sept. 3. Route schedules and maps are available at www.rideleetran.com.
– PARKS & RECREATION
Lee County Parks & Recreation offices and recreation centers will be closed on Sept. 2 and will reopen on Sept. 3. Parks, beaches, pools and preserves will remain open on Sept. 2. For a list of open locations, hours and amenities, visit www.leeparks.org.
The county asks park patrons to remember that no alcohol is permitted in county parks.
It also reminds residents and visitors that the Causeway Islands Park on the Sanibel Causeway remains closed to watercraft, pedestrian and bicycle traffic due to the Florida Department of Transportation’s active construction zone.
People launching boats, kayaks or other watercraft at county facilities in the greater Pine Island area should be aware that construction is also underway on the Little Pine Island Bridge. The FDOT states that work on the bridge, which is on the west side of Matlacha, will continue through the holiday weekend, so motorists and boaters are asked to use caution in the area.
– SOLID WASTE
Garbage, recycling and yard waste collections in unincorporated Lee County, city of Bonita Springs, village of Estero and town of Fort Myers Beach will take place one day after the regularly scheduled collection day following the holiday. If the regular collection day is Sept. 2, the truck will pick up material on Sept. 3. Regularly scheduled pickups on Sept. 3 will occur on Sept 4, and so on through Sept. 7. Regular collection schedules will resume on Sept. 9.
Lee County Solid Waste facilities and offices will be closed on Sept. 2. It includes operations at the: Household Chemical Waste Collection Facility, at 6441 Topaz Court, Fort Myers; Resource Recovery Facility on Buckingham Road; and Lee/Hendry Regional Solid Waste Disposal Facility.
Residents are urged to recycle plastic, metal and glass containers from their holiday activities.