Mar 1, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Kris Cella
Cella & Associates, Inc.
2125 First Street Suite 201
Fort Myers, Florida 33901
kcella@cella.cc

WARNING TO BOATERS Sanibel Causeway channel will be CLOSED on Thursday, March 9, 2006 from approx 4 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Fort Myers, FL, March 1, 2006 – On Thursday March 9, 2006 from 4 a.m. to 2 p.m., essential work will be taking place to place concrete for one of the
pile footings adjacent to the channel.  To accomplish this Boh Brothers will
require that a crane barge be placed in the navigation channel.  This
activity will be hazardous to the boating traffic and so for the safety of
the public and the workers, the channel will be closed between the above
hours.

There will be a safety zone established around the channel, no boaters will
be allowed within 500'of the work zone and this will be enforced by the
coastguard.  BOATERS SHOULD NOT PASS UNDER ANY PART OF BRIDGE A (the drawbridge) as the wake is dangerous to the workers.

IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT BOATERS USE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE SUCH AS BRIDGE C (the bridge next to Sanibel which has 26 foot vertical clearance) TO PASS THROUGH TO OPEN WATER.  BOATS THAT ARE TOO LARGE TO PASS BENEATH BRIDGE C WILL NEED TO TRAVEL TO BOCA GRANDE PASS.

We appreciate your patience and consideration to this safety issues during
this brief inconvenience.

For more information about the Sanibel Causeway Improvements project, pleasevisit the project web site at www.sanibelcauseway.com

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