Lee Commissioners approve state agreement to design SUN Trail path from Fort Myers Beach to Bonita Springs

Writer: Carolina Guzman
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Lee County Commissioners

The Lee Board of County Commissioners approved an agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation to use state funding to design a 12-foot-wide, mixed-use trail linking Fort Myers Beach with Bonita Beach.

The trail would be from the Big Carlos Pass Bridge to the Big Hickory Bridge.

The trail, approved on Tuesday, would be part of the Florida Shared-Use Non-motorized (SUN) Trail Program and stretch about 3.25 miles along Estero Boulevard from Big Hickory Pass Bridge to Big Carlos Pass Bridge.

Design is expected to begin by the end of 2024. Construction is not yet funded but is expected to be budgeted by FDOT using state funds.

The Big Carlos Pass Bridge is currently under construction, and it will include sidewalk connections to the future SUN Trail.

Additionally, the county plans to replace the remaining three bridges between Hickory Island and Fort Myers Beach, and those replacement bridges will incorporate the future SUN Trail.

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