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Fort Myers outlines five priority projects for 2026 state appropriation requests
Summary
City staff presented five priority projects for the 2026 state legislative funding cycle, including Midtown infrastructure, wastewater plant upgrades, Calusa Nature Center boardwalk restoration, Fire Station 18 and a citywide septic-to-sewer conversion, with requested amounts and context for each.
City Manager Lawing and staff asked the Fort Myers City Council to review five priority projects the city plans to seek from the Florida Legislature in the 2026 appropriation cycle.
The request matters because the projects — Midtown infrastructure, upgrades to the central wastewater treatment plant, restoration work at the Calusa Nature Center boardwalk, construction of Fire Station 18 and a citywide septic-to-sewer conversion effort — would require multi‑million dollar state investments to move forward and tie…
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