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Residents urge action on gated access, Matlacha recovery and workshop public comment during Lee County meeting
Summary
Three public commenters raised issues ranging from gated private access to Matlacha recovery and a petition for public participation at workshops; staff and commissioners promised follow-up and clarified procedures.
Three members of the public addressed the board during the Oct. 16 public-comment period on matters of local concern.
Private-access gates (Bonita Springs area) Shane Snell said he and his family own five acres in unincorporated Bonita Springs and that gates installed by the South Florida Water Management District now block a public right-of-way to his property. Snell said he believed the gates were unlawful because the right-of-way had not been vacated and that he had not received notice of any vacation petition. He asked the county to remove the gates or otherwise restore…
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