Pine Island

In the interest of rebuilding Matlacha-Pine Island as quickly as possible, today LCSO is removing processes that slowed westbound traffic Thursday when the road ...

Be aware of the following: LCSO will also coordinate with its multi-jurisdictional law enforcement partners to further enhance safety for Pine Island residents. In the interest of rebuilding Matlacha-Pine Island as quickly as possible, today LCSO is removing processes that slowed westbound traffic Thursday when the road and bridges reopened.

PINE ISLAND, Fla. — The road to recovery in Pine Island is that much closer now that road access has been restored for residents after only three days of ...

Volunteers wanting to get to the island will most likely need to do so by boat. PINE ISLAND, Fla. But now that the bridge is open, restrictions will be enforced to get to Pine Island.

Friday marked the first full day Pine Island Road was fully operational since Hurricane Ian. FDOT and Governor Ron Desantis fast-tracked repairs to a ...

“He got the milk he wanted laughs I didn’t want McDonald’s, but that was the easiest thing to do.” Pine Island and Matlacha residents were excited to see more first responders, linemen, and suppliers entering the island. FDOT and Governor Ron Desantis fast-tracked repairs to a portion of the road through Matlacha earlier in the week.

The hurricane hit Pine Island hard with a storm surge that quickly filled the roads and flooded people's homes. One family was riding out the storm in their ...

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Gov. Ron DeSantis praised crews on Thursday for quickly making temporary repairs to the bridge to Pine Island, which was damaged during Hurricane Ian.

"I don't have to live on Sanibel or Fort Myers Beach to be 'one of the people they care about' because to me it seems like that's all they care about at this point." Officials on the island had ordered a complete curfew after the storm passed, allowing search and rescue teams to do their work. The broken causeway to Sanibel Island might not be passable until the end of the month. City manager Dana Souza told residents in a Facebook Live stream that he wished the municipality had resources to provide transportation but that, for now, residents would have to arrange visits by private boat. Search and rescue operations are still being conducted. The city of about 7,000 started allowing residents back from 7 a.m. Huge shrimp boats sit perched amid the remains of a mobile home park. The Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said there is no date set yet for when Fort Myers Beach residents can return. to 7 p.m. “Then when you start bringing heavy construction vehicles over it, it really starts to go.” Until the last day and a half, the only way to access Pine Island has been by boat. And the hundreds of people stranded in Cape Coral are doing their best to stay patient, they are waiting on repairs so they can get across.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Agusto "Kiko" and Julia "Gordie" Villalon returned to Pine Island after fleeing Hurricane Ian, leaving just as the slow-moving storm's ...

The bridge connecting Sanibel Island to the mainland is expected to have repairs completed by the end of October.

I don’t want to do nothing for three weeks, or however long it’s going to take, so we’re working on ways to get people there right now.” “I don’t want to have to have it out for a year by doing a new bridge or something, so we’re going to do something like we did with Pine Island,” he said. [Pine Island](https://www.news-press.com/story/weather/hurricane/2022/10/06/hurricane-ian-pine-island-evacuees-take-stock-whats-left/8175537001/) Bridge in three days. Thanks Ian](https://www.news-press.com/story/weather/hurricane/2022/10/06/sanibel-the-dunes-golf-tennis-club-damaged-hurricane-ian-pga-florida/8194812001/) and 7 p.m. Sort of](https://www.news-press.com/story/tech/science/environment/2022/10/03/hurricane-ian-left-sanibel-lighthouse-standing-southwest-florida/8160755001/)

Ian washed away the island's link to mainland Florida last week, making recovery efforts even more challenging.

They are also under a boil water advisory. While the infrastructure of Pine Island remains to be fully repaired, the temporary bridge is helping hasten the process of recovery as donations of food, water and other necessities are able to pour in. Only half of the island as access to water, whereas the other half can only access water for four hours a day.