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Some hurricane shelters in Southwest Florida will be getting major upgrades that will increase their ability to handle Category 5 storms, the most dangerous and potentially catastrophic hurricanes.
The state Department of Economic Opportunity has awarded more than $16 million in grants to make improvements to buildings in Lee and Collier counties to increase their ability to withstand major hurricanes.
The grants include funds to increase the hardening of two of the region s largest shelters so they can tolerate winds of 170 mph and more safely shelter some 7,000 people.
Hurricanes with winds over 157 mph are considered Category 5 storms, the most dangerous, by the widely cited Saffir-Simpson scale that rates storms by intensity.
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Published: January 28, 2021 1:56 PM EST
The Lee County Department of Transportation (DOT) invites the public to participate in a public hearing to learn about the Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study to assess improvements to the Big Carlos Pass Bridge on Estero Boulevard (County Road 865).
The hearing will take place online and in-person:
Date: Thursday, Jan. 28
Time: 5 to 7 p.m., with a formal presentation at 6 p.m.
Location: Virtual on GoToWebinar. Register at BigCarlosBridgeProject.com or attend in Person at Bay Oaks Recreation Center, 2731 Oak St. Fort Myers Beach.
The Lee Board of County Commissioners approved the fixed-span bridge on the Gulf side of the existing bridge as the preferred build alternative to move forward in the PD&E Study. Lee County DOT will present the preferred build alternative and the no-build rehabilitation alternative at the public hearing. (Federal requirements include showing the no-build rehabilitation alt