Collier County recently completed a $23 million upgrade to Immokalee’s transportation network.
The multi-year project included improvements to sidewalks, bike paths, bus stops, drainage and lighting.
The improvements created a network of “complete streets” to make them safer and more accessible for all users.
The project filled in sidewalk gaps, adding about 22 miles of 5-foot-wide sidewalks and 1,500 feet to a 10-foot-wide shared use pathway along School Drive.
Other improvements included 22 new bus shelters, 35 new benches, 25 new bike racks, and 5 miles of new street lights.
Plus, the project created bicycle boulevards, including a five-mile neighborhood network with traffic calming and wayfinding. It added 20 miles of upgraded drainage swales, seven miles of drainage pipe, and more than 600 drainage structures.
In addition, a new bus transfer station was built next to the Collier County Health Department on Immokalee Drive.
More than $13 million of the funding for project came from a Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery Grant, awarded by the federal government.
This article originally appeared on Naples Daily News: Collier County completes $23 million of transportation improvements in Immokalee
Reporting by Laura Layden, Naples Daily News / Naples Daily News
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