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Residents press council to stop water-tank plan at Yellow Fever Creek Preserve
Summary
Multiple speakers urged Cape Coral City Council to reconsider siting a water storage facility at Yellow Fever Creek Preserve, arguing the location would damage habitat, reduce property values and contradict preservation goals; council set related comprehensive-plan and land-use hearings for April 2.
Dozens of residents urged the Cape Coral City Council on March 5 to shift the city’s proposed water storage project away from Yellow Fever Creek Preserve, saying the facility would harm wildlife and breach long-standing promises to preserve the 14-acre site.
The issue surfaced repeatedly in public comment, with residents saying they learned of the project only recently. “Homeowners were left in the dark while the city spent thousands without their input,” resident Noel Tolbert told the council, urging members to visit the site at night and watch how lighting would affect nearby homes and the preserve.
Speakers described the preserve as rare habitat and warned that constructing the water storage tanks, associated…
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