FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Amy Davies, Lee County Department of Transportation
(941) 479-8589
FORT
MYERS, Fla. (January 10,
2003) – Lee County is working all day today with its consulting engineer to
finalize plans for the permanent fix for the middle Sanibel Causeway Bridge.
The plan is not
finalized, HOWEVER, the county is considering completely closing the bridge
Saturday, Jan. 18 between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. to REPLACE the cracked beams, and
not reopening until 6 a.m. Monday, Jan. 20 (Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday).
Complete closure is
needed because the county would be actually replacing that part of the bridge.
There is a
POSSIBILITY the work would not take that long, HOWEVER, people should not make
plans based on the bridge reopening earlier.
This three-day
weekend was chosen to minimize disruption.
We stress, this plan has not been finalIZED, it is still being worked out in all its details today, and the county hopes to issued a finalized plan before 5 p.m.