Collier County commissioners approved unanimously Tuesday a $2.9 million contract to rehabilitate the only road to Goodland to stop it from flooding due to high tides and extreme rainfall that have impacted the roadway for decades.
Jay Ahmad, the county s director of transportation engineering, wrote in an email Monday that construction may start as soon as the end of March and last nine months.
Patty Kirk, owner of the Kirk Fish Company on Goodland, said Monday that starting construction before Easter could have a negative impact on her family business because that is when a considerable amount of their sales happen.