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Lee County approves boat-ramp contract and accepts $16.2M FDEP grant; approves deep-injection well drilling
Summary
The board approved a nearly $906,000 contract for Punta Rasa Boat Ramp Phase 2, accepted $16.2 million in FDEP Resilient Florida funding for Fort Myers Beach wastewater facility hardening, and authorized drilling for deep injection wells at the Southwest Advanced Water Reclamation Facility.
Lee County commissioners on May 20 approved multiple infrastructure actions: a construction contract for Phase 2 of the Punta Rasa Boat Ramp, acceptance of a $16,200,000 Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Resilient Florida grant for Fort Myers Beach water-reclamation facility improvements, and authorization to proceed with the deep-well drilling portion of injection wells required for the Southwest Advanced Water Reclamation Facility.
The board approved a construction contract with Sully's LLC for Phase 2 of the Punta Rasa Boat Ramp modernization, a marine/dock package that will repair three boat docks, add a fish-cleaning station, signage and landscaping. Staff said phase 1 is under construction and that, together, the work should allow the ramp to reopen by August; staff presented a contract amount of "almost $906,000." The motion to award the contract carried unanimously.
On wastewater resilience, Utilities Director Pam Keyes told commissioners the county had been awarded $16,200,000 from FDEP’s Resilient Florida program to harden and elevate operations and electrical buildings at the Fort Myers Beach Water Reclamation Facility. "These funds will be specifically used for our operations building and our electrical buildings to harden them and to raise them for flood protection and future mitigation," Keyes said. The board accepted the grant unanimously.
On advanced-water treatment, the board authorized contract action to drill two deep injection wells and a dual-zone monitoring well at the Southwest Advanced Water Reclamation Facility. Utilities staff said the drilling work is being advanced to lock in current prices and that above-ground construction work will return to the board for approval later. Staff said the plant is planned to be operational in 2028 and the well work is on the critical path for permit compliance.
Ending: The board approved contracts and grant acceptance unanimously and staff said they will return with any above-ground construction budgets for the injection wells and additional timeline updates for the boat ramp and treatment-plant work.
