Transportation

Part of McGregor Boulevard by the Edison & Ford Winter Estates will be closed starting Monday for a 10 to 12-week project that will entail removing part of the road and replacing it with paving bricks.

SunPass is alerting users after a notice from the toll collecting service said there was a phishing scam targeting the general public.SunPass, a division of Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, said in a statement to customers that “SunPass does not ask customers via text to make a payment or to take immediate action on their account.”

The number of passengers traveling through Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) in Fort Myers increased in September, the first rise in the year-over-year number since April of 2022.

Wright Construction Group has begun work on the first section of Three Oaks Parkway extension just off Alico Road.

Lee County will hold a public information meeting concerning Phase 1 of the Alico Road Extension Project from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 11, at the Hilton Garden Inn Fort Myers Airport/FGCU, 16410 Corporate Commerce Way, Fort Myers.

For the Little Pine Island Bridge, planners want to either add new seawalls to the existing bridge or replace the entire structure. The bridge was built in 1977 and Hurricane Ian caused significant soil loss, and loss of the seawalls and approach slabs on both sides of the bridge.

FlixBus is adding a new Fort Myers-Cape Coral stop at the Edison Mall starting February 9. This stop will be part of three different routes including service to various other Florida locations such as Miami, Naples, Fort Lauderdale, St. Petersburg, Orlando, Sarasota, Tampa, Hollywood, Tallahassee, and Gainesville.

The Wilson Pigott Bridge was built in 1960 with a 50-year design life. Now state transportation planners are looking for ways to renovate or replace the lift bridge that serves a fast-growing part of Lee County. A stretch of State Road 31 also may have to be widened.

Lee County is working to get signage back in place after Hurricane Ian damaged much of the coast in September.

Passengers have brought 793 guns to TSA checkpoints across Florida this year. Nearly every one of the guns confiscated was loaded and most had ammunition chambered.