Lee County approves North Ft. Myers water quality project

The Lee Board of County Commis-sioners last week voted to move forward with several projects to improve water quality and lessen the chance of stormwater flooding in Lee County.

One of those projects is in North Fort Myers, where the board accepted a grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for the FPL Powerline Easement Water Quality Project in the amount of $47,798.19, which is basically the extension of unused funds from a previous grant.

The grant will reimburse the county for expenses related to further due diligence concerning project feasibility, design plans, land surveying, updated nutrient removal calculations, and model simulations of the expected results.