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Collier County commissioners unanimously approved on Tuesday the replacement of 10 bridges east of Immokalee and Ave Maria for nearly $27 million.  The source of funds for the bridge replacements is the one-cent infrastructure sales tax, which was approved by voters in 2018 "to enhance safety, mobility and hurricane preparedness," according to an executive summary of the project. In Collier, bridges are replaced when they fail to meet certain standards, Marlene Messam, principal project manager with the Transportation Engineering Division, wrote in an email Tuesday. Five bridges on Im...

Collier County to replace 10 bridges east of Immokalee, Ave Maria for $26.7M Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Naples Daily News © Courtesy of Collier County Collier County commissioners awarded bids on May 11 to replace 10 bridges east of Immokalee and State Road 29 for approximately $26.7 million. One additional bridge is left to award, and all 11 bridge replacements are not expected to cost more than $33 million, according to the county. Collier County commissioners unanimously approved on Tuesday the replacement of 10 bridges east of Immokalee and Ave Maria for nearly $27 million...

All 10 bridges have a sufficiency rating lower than 80, according to FDOT data.  The bridges on Immokalee Road have annual average daily traffic, or AADT, between 3,200 and 4,635 vehicles, and the ones on Oil Well Road have an AADT of not more than 450 vehicles each, according to FDOT data. The bridge on Countyline Road has an AADT of 110 vehicles. The new wider, sturdier bridges on Immokalee Road are designed to include wildlife shelves below them "to allow animals to get across the road safely," Messam wrote. Each new bridge will have one 12-foot travel lanes in each direction and 8-...