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Advisory board urges placing Fowler Street improvements on MPO priority list
Summary
Board members urged city representatives to make Fowler Street improvements a priority for the MPO TIP, citing flooding, sidewalks and corridor constraints that limit commercial investment. They asked staff to invite MPO representatives to a future meeting to explain priorities and timing.
Board members raised Fowler Street as a persistent transportation and drainage problem and urged that Fort Myers’ MPO representatives prioritize Fowler Street in the region’s Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
Members said recurring flooding, narrow right‑of‑way and lack of sidewalks have hindered investment and encouraged members to ask their MPO representatives and council appointees (including Fred Burson and Theresa Watkins Brown) to elevate Fowler Street in upcoming TIP conversations. The board asked staff to invite an MPO representative and the city’s MPO appointee to a future meeting to explain how projects are prioritized and how the board might influence the MPO process.
The board noted that FDOT and MPO timelines and capital improvement programming mean planning must start early to reach construction within a five‑ to ten‑year horizon and urged action if members want changes within that timeframe.
Quotes are from the public meeting transcript.
