FPL says street-lighting project on Fort Myers Beach is 25% complete; poles to start March 3

Florida Power & Light told the Fort Myers Beach Town Council on Feb. 18 that permitting for the town’s Estero Boulevard and side‑street lighting project is complete and pole and fixture installation will begin March 3.

Ivy Davis, representing FPL, said all permitting is finished and “all the underground boring is complete” on side streets. She told the council that crews had started foundations for poles along Estero Boulevard the week of Feb. 3 and that work on Estero was about 20% complete. “Poles and lights to be installed … starting on the March 3,” Davis said. She estimated overall project progress at roughly 25% and reiterated FPL’s target to complete the full project by October.

The council and staff pressed FPL for more specific timing. Vice Mayor Hall asked whether newly installed poles and fixtures would…