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Board Approves Sewer Plant Expansion/Lehigh Road Resurfacing
May 10, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FORT MYERS, Fla. (May 10, 2005) - The Board of Lee County Commissioners today approved the following items during its regular weekly meeting. They are: Three Oaks Plant - Authorized negotiations with Wharton-Smith Inc. to design and build a $19.5 million expansion of the Three Oaks Wastewater Treatment Plant from a capacity of 3 million gallons a day to 6 million gallons a day, with the ability to expand in the future to 9 million gallons a day. The design-build option, as opposed to separate companies doing the design and construction, has the potential to save the county $16.4 million from initial estimates. The project is scheduled to be completed in June 2007. Lehigh Roads - Approved a $256,002 change order to a contract with Ajax Paving Industries to pay 20 additional roads in Lehigh Acres (see complete list at end of this release). Pine Manor - Approved site improvements of $57,643 to Pine Manor Community Center, including landscaping, irrigation, fencing and clearing of two vacant lots. Grant - Applied for a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Child Mental Health Initiative grant to develop a partnership between public and non-profit entities for a Lee Integrated Network for Kids (LINK). Multicultural Board - Set a June 14, 5 p.m. public hearing for an ordinance to establish a Multicultural Affairs Advisory Board. Imperial Widening - Approved a resolution of necessity to acquire and condemn parcels for the second phase of the Imperial Street Widening Project (Imperial River north to just south of East Terry Street). Roads in Lehigh Acres to be resurfaced:
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