Captiva Community Panel to request bridge restrictions

The Captiva Community Panel agreed to formally request that Lee County prohibit fishing from the Blind Pass Bridge at its recent meeting, as well as discussed how to proceed with an engineering study for a possible central sewer system and received an update on the Sea Level Rise Committee's work.

On May 12, President David Mintz provided an overview of the panel's communications with the county over the past year regarding the bridge. In July, the CCP voted in favor of closing the bridge to fishing due to safety concerns for pedestrians and advised Lee County's manager of its stance on the situation.

It also suggested installing an ADA-accessible fishing structure as a replacement.

In August, a memo was sent to Commissioner John Manning outlining the same. The panel contacted the county again in September after nothing was done, and in December the county's Department of Transportation offered to put in rubber poles between the edge of the traffic lanes and concrete barrier.