Residents of The Vines, a community split by the existing Seminole Gulf Railway tracks that would be used as the trail, urged that the trail ends at Estero Parkway, shown here. MIKE BRAUN / COURTESY WGCU Bonita Springs residents were hoping for a resolution recently for a recreational trail that would replace the Seminole Gulf
At the January 18 Bonita Springs city council meeting, the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), who which commissioned the research for the project, presented multiple alternatives for the trail. The two most favored alternatives, according to the study, would replace the existing Seminole Gulf Railway (SGR) with a path that runs through Bonita Springs and Estero. It would start at Bonita Beach Road and end at Alico Avenue.