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Council delays decision on $3.7M Alligator Creek bridge project after MPO brief on safety and deadlines

Punta Gorda City Council · December 3, 2025
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Summary

MPO staff briefed council on a design-funded project to add a South Fork Alligator Creek bridge on US-41 to complete the city's multiuse pathway. Design funding exists but construction estimates rose to roughly $3.7 million; council tabled an LAP execution decision pending cost and maintenance clarifications.

MPO staff told council the South Fork Alligator Creek bridge project is part of the Punta Gorda Pathways program and would fill a critical gap in an 18-mile network for walkers and cyclists. The design phase already has about $821,000 programmed; the present-day cost for full construction and CEI is estimated at roughly $3.7 million, staff…

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