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Local Government in Estero

The Southwest Florida stories that are too local, too early or too ongoing for the evening news.

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Local Government
Oct 28Estero
Estero council votes to close on $19.8 million rail corridor purchase for BERT
Wednesday, October 28
Estero's Village Council voted Oct. 28 to go ahead with buying 66.7 acres of rail corridor inside village limits from the Trust for Public Land for $19,792,209, the village's final step toward the Bonita Estero Rail Trail. Closing is set for on or before Jan. 14, 2027, after council heard an environmental review of the soil samples. Council also approved a $224,500 water monitoring contract and SportsPark landscape upkeep of up to $324,595.
Source: Village of Estero
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Local Government
Oct 25Estero
Estero council to weigh rail trail and SportsPark contracts on Oct. 28
Wednesday, October 28
Estero's Village Council meets at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, at Village Hall to consider items on the Bonita Estero Rail Trail, landscape upkeep at Estero SportsPark, a water monitoring contract and state funding requests. A workshop on the village's vulnerability assessment follows. Residents can send eComments until noon the day before the meeting.
Source: Village of Estero