City Utilities Defend Yellow Fever Creek Booster Station; Residents and Wildlife Group Urge Alternate Site

Cape Coral’s planned Yellow Fever Creek booster station and ground storage tanks drew opposition from residents and conservation groups at the Jan. 8 council meeting while the city’s utilities director said the site is already far along in design and moving forward to improve reclaimed‑water capacity.

Noelle Tolbert and other Entrada residents and Judy Mitchell of Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife said the proposed 14‑acre site would require changes to the city comprehensive plan and restructure preserved land at Yellow Fever Creek Preserve. Tolbert warned that bright lighting and habitat fragmentation would harm species including gopher tortoise hatchlings, bald eagles, roseate spoonbills, wood storks and Florida bonneted bats, and urged…