Lee Board of County Commissioners voted on Sept. 3 to award more than $229 million in grants for about 20 public facility and infrastructure projects funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery allocation to Lee County. The projects will be undertaken by Lee County, each municipality, the school district, the Lee County Electric Cooperative, and nonprofit entities associated with governmental sponsors, county officials said.Projects awarded grant funding were unanimously recommended by the Public Facilities and Critical Infrastructure Evaluation Committee: 

• Pine Island Fire Station 2 – Lee County

• North Island Water Tower and Facility Project – Fort Myers Beach

• Salvation Army Center for Hope Campus – City of Fort Myers

• FISH of SANCAP Building Elevation, Hardening, and Associated Site Improvements – Sanibel

• Community Recreation Center and Disaster Shelter – Cape Coral

• Resilient Communications Towers – Lee County

• Parks & Recreation Revitalization – Fort Myers Beach

• S.T.A.R.S Expansion and Category 3 Hurricane Shelter – City of Fort Myers

• Wellfield Expansion – City of Fort Myers

• LCEC Cherry Estates – Lee County

• Sanibel Fire Station 171 Reconstruction – Sanibel

• Cape Coral EMS Base/Safe Room – Lee County

• Ragsdale/Pennsylvania/Arroyal Corridor Street Improvements – Bonita Springs

• Moss Marina Booster Pump Station Relocation LCU – Fort Myers Beach

• Weir Rehabilitation Upgrade or Replacement Project – Cape Coral

• Road Reconstruction – Sanibel

• Broadway Avenue West Improvements – Estero

• County-wide Drainage Improvements – Lee County

• Satellite Shop replacement and underground fuel tank replacement – Lee County

• Shelter Hardening and Generator Installation – Lee County School District.