Tag: Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority

GIBA engineering committee discusses small squeaks, jack systems and island access

May 24, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ SUBMITTED BY GIBA At the last meeting of the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority Engineering Committee which was held on Monday, May 20, a small squeak in the works led the conversation....

GIBA sends out RFP for dove management, mulls over property lines and talks tags

April 26, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – New-fangled headlight tags, evildoing doves and sidewalks were part of the conversation at the Wednesday, April 24 quarterly meeting of the Gasparilla Island Bridge...

GIBA board reviews sidewalk plan proposal, new stickers and elections at quarterly meeting

February 22, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Ginger Watkins and Gay Darsie were both re-elected at the quarterly meeting of the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority that was held on February 13, 2019. Watkins was re-elected as...

GIBA discusses new toll system upgrades, a possible new path and more

November 23, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

A two-day GIBA quarterly board meeting was concluded on Monday, Nov. 19, which included updates on the toll collection system and raffic numbers coming soon. Prior to that, though, GIBA Advisory...

GIBA discusses petition to change name of Causeway

June 29, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT At the quarterly meeting of the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority held on Wednesday, June 27, it was discussed that Boca Grande North is petitioning Charlotte County to change the...

GIBA talks new toll technology, bicycle signage

April 20, 2018
Staff Report
News

■ BY KATHY BANSON-VERRICO AND MARCY SHORTUSEThe GIBA Quarterly Board Meeting held on Wednesday, April 18 was quick and to the point, as there was little new business to be conducted and things at...

Toll booth update …

October 13, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority has offered its first update for the GIBA toll building alterations and reroof project, scheduled for completion within 90 days. During active construction...

All eyes on Irma: The storm once headed for us shows how we can all work together to get through it

September 8, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE Boca Grande Fire Chief C.W. Blosser addressed a very crowded room on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at 2 p.m. Each person in attendance was a piece in the Emergency Operations Center puzzle...

Bridge scale lane set to reopen Monday

August 25, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT – The installation of the Boca Grande swing bridge’s new scale lane is almost complete, and it is scheduled to reopen on Monday, Aug. 28 at 5:45 a.m. The Gasparilla Island...

Interested volunteers sought to fill GIBA advisory seat

March 24, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

The Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority has an open advisory board position for seat 7 (a two-year term). Advisory board members are Authority appointed, nonvoting members of the board of...