If you live in Estero, you don’t need a study to tell you traffic is worsening. You feel it every day on I-75,...
Transportation Articles
Signal Timing vs Road Widening at East Corkscrew Road
Signal Timing vs Road Widening at East Corkscrew Road Introduction In recent years, East Corkscrew Road has become a...
Estero Residents Deserve Answers Regarding the I-75 Planned Expansion
Estero Residents Deserve Answers Regarding the I-75 Planned Expansion A Most Pressing Issue Is Traffic Safety And...
How Did we Get Here? Transportation in Estero & Southern Lee County
How Did we Get Here? Transportation in Estero & Southern Lee County Introduction On April 17, more than 130 residents packed the room for Engage Estero’s transportation forum. Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization Executive Director Don Scott opened with...
Important Update from the East Corkscrew Alliance and Engage Estero
Important Update from the East Corkscrew Alliance and Engage Estero Introduction. February was a busy month, with many meetings among the East Corkscrew Alliance (ECA), Engage Estero, and senior officials at the county and local government levels. Those involved...
What’s on Your Wish List for Our Greater Estero?
What’s on Your Wish List for Our Greater Estero? As we move through life and reach those milestone birthdays ending in “zero,” our holiday wish lists inevitably evolve. When we were young, it was all about circling toys in the Sears catalog. Later, it became clothes...
Why Are There No Roundabouts on Estero Parkway?
Why Are There No Roundabouts on Estero Parkway? Engage Estero recently asked the greater Estero community to identify dangerous intersections or roads. Estero Parkway was mentioned for speeding and the ability to safely exit the communities of The Cascades of Estero...
Transportation Infrastructure: Addressing Funding Gaps
Transportation Infrastructure: Addressing Funding Gaps The Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) https://leempo.com/, in its draft 2050 Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), has identified over $4 billion in transportation infrastructure requirements....
Sept. 19 MPO Meeting
MPO Budgeting Meeting on Sept. 19 SUMMARY The September 19, 2025 Lee County MPO meeting is where decisions will be made on how billions of dollars in local transportation funding are programmed over the next 5 years. Public input at this meeting helps ensure: Local...
Bonita Estero Rail Trail: Momentum Builds Toward Construction
Bonita Estero Rail Trail: Momentum Builds Toward Construction The Bonita Estero Rail Trail (BERT) continues to gain traction as our community edges closer to turning the former Seminole Gulf Railway corridor into a 14.9-mile recreational trail linking Bonita Springs...
Conservation 20/20 Is Running Out of Time—and Money
Conservation 20/20 Is Running Out of Time—and Money Lee County’s beloved Conservation 20/20 program—the one voters approved in 1996 and reaffirmed in 2016 with an impressive 84% majority—is facing a crisis. The fund that buys and protects natural lands is running low....
Road Development Updates
Road Development Updates Update on Road Projects as of September 2025 Table of Contents FDOT I-75 LDOT Alico Three Oaks 951 Village of Estero Corkscrew Road Landscaping Corkscrew Road Multiuse Path Corkscrew Road Widening East of Bella Terra Sandy Lane Williams Road...