Lee County picks up $4M in Hurricane Irma relief funds

Money comes from state’s economic opportunity office.

By Business Observer Staff
| 9:30 a.m. March 8, 2022
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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: