Collier commissioners increase opposition to possible move by Naples Airport

Author: Aisling Swift, Gulfshore Business
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Collier County commissioners increased their opposition to possibly relocating Naples Airport, supporting a resolution against two sites near Ave Maria and rejecting the airport authority’s request for assistance.

The Board of County Commissioners on Jan. 13 unanimously supported Ave Maria Civic Association’s resolution to oppose two of four sites the Naples Airport Authority’s consultant suggested as possible locations — Sunripe-owned property south of Oil Well Road and Immokalee Regional Airport, both close to the 5,000-home Ave Maria.

“The newly created civic association for Ave Maria has expressed dissatisfaction with the options and some of the things that came forward from the consultants and from the Naples Airport Authority for the relocation of that airport,” Commissioner Bill McDaniel Jr. said as he made a motion to support Ave Maria’s resolution.

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