Let’s ConnecLee!

By: Friends of the Bonita Estero Rail Trail

Local government plans such as the City of Fort Myers Midtown Plan recognize the value and importance of the Florida Gulf Coast Trail and they are considering the route in their plans through Midtown.  The John Yarbrough Linear Park and its proposed extension to central Fort Myers is along the Florida Gulf Coast Trail.   The City’s Hendry Street Pedestrian Mall concept complements the efforts to run the SUN Trail Network and the Gulf Coast Trail through Downtown and Midtown.  The city and the Lee County BOCC both support MPO’s planned Caloosahatchee Downtown Multimodal Alternative Study that will evaluate alternative options for a preferred alternative for the Gulf Coast Trail that does not bypass the Downtown River District and the planned North Fort Myers Town Center Plan.