infrastructure

Projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that was signed in November 2021 are beginning to come to fruition, nationally and in Florida.

Local Moving Florida Forward program project timelines were released during a media briefing by Lt. Governor Jeanette Nunez in Fort Myers on Monday. The projects entail more than $700 million in investments for Lee and Collier counties, including expected construction timelines for: I-75 at Pine Ridge Road, I-75 from Golden Gate Parkway to Corkscrew Road, State Road 29 from County Road 846 East to New Market Road, and State Road 29 from New Market Road to State Road 82.

$300 million awarded for projects to protect communities from impacts of flooding and storm surge; Lee, Hendry projects part of those funded.

The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to award a contract to Wright Construction Group to build the first section of the Three Oaks Parkway extension.

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) addressed members of the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday morning at the Hilton Naples and touched on a broad range of topics in his 20 minute speech, including his broad perspective on the state of the country and touching on topics including student loan debt, voter ID laws, freedom of speech and the Biden Administration’s proposed $2 trillion infrastructure plan