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Lee County hearing reviews special-exception request to remove 57,146 cubic yards for filter marsh
Summary
At an April 15 quasi-judicial hearing, Lee County staff and the applicant described a plan to excavate 57,146 cubic yards of spoil to build a freshwater filter marsh on a 33.25-acre parcel; staff recommended approval with conditions including FDOT coordination and a protected-species plan.
Lee County Hearing Examiner Amanda Rivera heard evidence April 15 on a special-exception request (SEZ202500023) to remove 57,146 cubic yards of excess spoil from a 33.25-acre site to create a freshwater filter marsh intended to improve water quality in the Caloosahatchee River watershed.
Amanda Martin, a certified planner with Johnson Engineering, presented the application and said the excavation area is limited to about 8.52 acres of the larger parcel and the county-owned recipient site would use roughly 17.9 acres to store the excess spoil. "We are requesting the removal of 57,146 cubic yards of spoil material," Martin said, adding the project is intended to "remove nutrients, improve water quality, and have an ecological benefit to the surrounding area." She told the examiner the work is expected to take about…
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