Tag: Lee County Department of Transportation

Sign of the times in the Village

November 6, 2025
Staff Report
News, Real Estate

The Boca Beacon got its own 3-hour parking sign last Sunday, as Lee County DOT crews worked weekend hours to get them all installed across the island. A reminder that the new ordinance is not...

LeeWay toll error

October 2, 2025
Staff Report
News, Travel

LeeWay, the toll operations for Lee County Department of Transportation, is waiving the administrative fees for some SunPass transponder customers who have recently received mail from LeeWay...

Business & Real Estate: Lee County updates electronic permitting process, offers training

The eConnect permit portal for Lee County Department of Community Development (DCD), Department of Transportation (DOT), Natural Resources, and the Lee Utilities Department (LCU), will be offline...

Pipe down: Sewer or later, vactors plugging away

Residents of Boca Grande have been seeing jet vacuum trucks cleaning up drains and sewers. The work is part of a master contract from Ajax Paving Industries of Florida for road repairs. “Lee...

Get a fix on ditches, blocked drains with a county Request for Action

December 5, 2024
Staff Report
News

Got a problem with a ditch, swale or blocked drain? Or know of a road with drainage issues? First, to find out if your road is maintained by Lee County DOT,...

$4.5 million in road projects begin

December 5, 2024
Garland Pollard
Breaking News, News

This week, Lee County contractors began the process of repairing roads across Gasparilla Island as part of repairs from recent hurricanes. The $4.5 million project, which will take...

Boca Grande street repairs begin in December across island

November 28, 2024
Staff Report
Breaking News, News

Long list of fixes Work to repair washed out roads on Gasparilla Island will begin next week. Lee County has sent out a post-Hurricane Milton update from the Department of Transportation...

Update on emergency road repairs in Boca Grande from Lee DOT

November 22, 2024
Staff Report
Breaking News, News

Lee County has sent out a post-Hurricane Milton update from the Department of Transportation about emergency road repairs on local roads in Boca Grande. A pre-construction meeting was held...

Lee County works through list of side street repairs

November 7, 2024
Staff Report
Community, News

Lee County is working through a long list of road repairs on the side streets of Gasparilla Island. Currently, Lee County DOT has assessed all the damaged areas of roadways on Boca Grande and is...

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: A fix for flooded Gasparilla Road

October 3, 2024
Boca Beacon
News, Profiles

The Lee rescue crew The Lee County Department of Transportation has worked tirelessly to alleviate Boca Grande’s flooded roadways after Hurricane Helene passed off the coast. County crews...