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FORT MYERS — The Lee County Commission recently voted to approve agreements to accept about $4.1 million in state grant funds to repair infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Irma.
The agreements, according to a statement, are with the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity and are for Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Relief. Lee County’s Department of Transportation will use the grants to:
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity also awarded Community Development Block Grants to Lee County in 2021 to repair sidewalks and flood-control structures in San Carlos Park; for coastal risk assessment and resiliency planning; and for hardening key structures.
The Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, the release from the county states, designated Lee County as a “Most Impacted and Distressed” Community to ensure the county’s priority in receiving disaster response and mitigation funding after Hurricane Irma in September 2017.
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