Wednesday, December 20, 2023

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Update on the temporary Town Hall complex construction work site!

The first delivery of trailers took place on Tuesday, and the next ones arrived today.

More trailers are on the way.

We hope to be in the new modular units on the Bay Oaks property very soon and will share those details as we have them!

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Educational Staff Tour of the Town of Fort Myers Beach

Town Manager, Andrew Hyatt, Frankie Kropacek, Operations & Compliance Director, and Jeffrey Hauge, Culture, Parks & Recreation provided a Town of Fort Myers Beach tour to Town finance, utilities customer service and permitting staff yesterday and today.

The intention of the tour was to expose and educate the office staff (who spend most of their time working hard inside our facilities) of what FMB residents and tourist encounter daily during the reconstruction process.

Staff were educated on Town properties, status of ongoing Town projects, and redevelopment projects. Staff found the tour to be a fun and informative way to spend a portion of their workday learning more about the community they serve.

Town staff were grateful to the leadership team for planning and providing the tours.

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Garbage, recycling and yard waste collections will take place one day after the regularly scheduled collection day for the entire week beginning Dec. 26.

Lee County operations make adjustments for upcoming holidays

This means that if the regular collection day is Monday, the collection truck will pick up that material on Tuesday.
Tuesday’s regularly scheduled pickups will occur on Wednesday and so on, the rest of the week through Saturday, Dec. 30.

Christmas trees that have had the stand and all lights and decorations removed, including tinsel, can be set out with regular yard waste and will be ground into mulch.

All wrapping paper, except metallic, is recyclable – along with all the boxes.
Plastic ribbons and bows are not recyclable.

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Thanks to generous donations,

Fort Myers Beach fireworks display

returns on New Year’s Eve

The fireworks will start at midnight from a barge in the Gulf.

Traffic is expected to be heavy in the Downtown District. It is recommended that visitors consider using the convenient public transportation options offered by LeeTran.

The Matanzas Pass Bridge will be closed to oncoming traffic from midnight to 1:30 a.m. Big Carlos Pass Bridge on the sound end of the Island will be open.

For information about Town parking click here. The Town operates several hundred pay-for-parking spaces in and near the Downtown District and beach accesses and there are also several commercial lots.

More details on Town website