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On May 19, the Lee County Board of County Commissioners voted to award a contract for engineering services for a project to provide additional structural hardening to make Sanibel-Captiva Road and Captiva Drive more resilient to storm surge on both sides of Blind Pass. The county reported that ...

The “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) reported that the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge will continue work throughout the summer repairing boardwalks on trails that were damaged by Hurricane Ian in 2022. The DDWS provided the following ...

The city of Sanibel will present its Sanibel Plan Update: Community Workshop #2 on June 3 from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at The Community House, at 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. The topic will be “Shaping Our City — Collaborative Group Discussion.” The workshop will use a ...

Volunteers remove invasive air potatoes

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation's (SCCF) Coastal Watch reported that this winter, while the tides were too low to restore oyster reefs, a few volunteers stayed on land to help remove invasive air potatoes. The air potato is one of Sanibel's most stubborn non-native aggressive ...

Vegetation trimming on San-Cap Road

The vegetation along Sanibel-Captiva Road on both sides from Sea Spray Lane to Blind Pass, including the Shared Use Path, will be trimmed from now through May 28 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., weather permitting. The city of Sanibel reported due to the nature of the work, one lane of the road may be ...

The city of Sanibel reported that Lee County Department of Transportation crews will perform roadway striping maintenance today, May 20, on all three bridges of the Sanibel Causeway. In addition, striping maintenance from Blind Pass to South Seas on Captiva is scheduled to begin later today ...