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Roundabouts for some north Cape intersections to be discussed at Council’s workshop meeting
By MEGHAN BRADBURY
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Utility expansion and related roadway programs are on Cape Coral City Council’s workshop agenda this week. The North 1 East UEP and North 3 UEP roadway options are among the issues to be discussed. The North 1 East UEP roadway options include intersections and roundabouts
News of Note Tortoise Trot at Rotary Park Saturday
Grab your tortoise and head to Rotary Park at 5505 Rose Garden Road in Cape Coral this Saturday, March 15, for the Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife’s Tortoise Trot! The tortoise races are open to all tortoises under 20 pounds. Registration is free, and the fastest tortoise will win a special prize! Registration begins at 11 a.m., with race time at 11:30 a.m. One handler per tortoise, please. For information or to register your tortoise, call 239549-4606. This fun event helps raise awareness about local wildlife and highlights the importance of protecting the threatened gopher tortoise. CCFW is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing the habitats of protected wildlife species in Cape Coral. For more information about CCFW, to donate, or to learn about membership and volunteer opportunities, visit ccfriendsofwildlife. org or call 239-980-2593.
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for Northeast 24th Avenue and Kismet Parkway and Northeast 24th Avenue and Diplomat Parkway. The presentation includes what staff says are many benefits of roundabouts including safety, time and cost savings, environmentally friendly. There is an initial evaluation for the decision-making process of roundabouts that includes the initial evaluation, warrant analysis, conceptual design, detailed
design and construction and community education. The estimated amount for the roundabout at Northeast 24th Avenue and Kismet Parkway for construction, design, land, acquisition fees and contingency is $4.1 million which does not include additional LCEC pole relocation costs at an estimated $2.9 million. The estimated roundabout cost for
State champions!
Northeast 24th Avenue and Diplomat Parkway is $4.1 million and the estimated traffic signal cost is $4.1 million for traffic signal analysis, design, land and acquisition fees and contingency. The North 3 UEP roadway cross-section options include roundabouts for Old Burnt Store Road and Kismet Parkway and Old
See ROUNDABOUTS, page 4
CRA board to get projects update today
By MEGHAN BRADBURY
news@breezenewspapers.com
CHUCK BALLARO
Mariner’s Maximus Brady, top, takes down Brady Jackson of Lincoln at the Class 2A wrestling championships in Kissimmee Saturday. Brady won the match, pinning Jackson, to claim his fourth straight state wrestling title.
To the Max -- Brady wins fourth straight title
By CHUCK BALLARO
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It’s not bragging if you can back it up. That’s something Mariner’s Maximus Brady has been doing his entire high school career. And the 2025 Class 2A state wrestling championships were no exception. Brady put an exclamation point on his stellar high school career Saturday as he became one of only a handful of wrestlers to become a fourtime state wrestling champion. Brady came into the season with high expectations. Nothing short of a fourth state crown would do. After all, he says he has bigger fish to fry in his future. “This has been a goal since I was little. I have my eyes on bigger and better things. I want to be the man,” Brady said. Brady went through the competition like a hot knife through butter, earning three technical
See FOURTH STRAIGHT TITLE, page 4
North’s Tshiams captures heavyweight crown
By CHUCK BALLARO
news@breezenewspapers.com
Seth Tshiams has such a bright future ahead of him he should walk around wearing shades. The North Fort Myers High School heavyweight wrestler made some history for his school this past weekend at the FHSAA State Wrestling Championships at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, winning a state championship over a very faSeth miliar opponent. Tshiams
See HEAVYWEIGHT CROWN, page 4
Bimini East and improvements to Cape Coral Parkway will be among the updates presented to Cape Coral City Council, sitting as the Cape Coral Community Redevelopment Agency, today. The update for the Bimini East project includes 43 total sites for demolition – 23 that are fully demolished and three active sites for demolition. An amendment will be presented at a Cape Coral City Council meeting on April 2 for four additional parcels that were purchased after the original demolition contract was approved. The amendment cost is $182,538, plus a 10% controlled contingency of $18,253.80 for a total of $200,791.80. On Aug. 7, Council approved resolutions for an interlocal agreement between the CRA and city for the purchase of the property within the eastern portion of the Bimini Basin District, which was approved with Bimini Centre of Cape Coral, LLC and TCJBM, LLC for a contract price of $40,089,504. The city closed on the original properties on Oct. 4. Honc Demolition was awarded a contract on Dec. 4 for $1,617,853 with a 10% controlled contingency for a total of $1,779,638.30. The Cape Coral Parkway additional lanes plan is at 30% completion. To get to 100% blueprints for six-laning, findings report, data validation and comparison and refinement of time-space diagram need to be completed. The reports from staff also include updates on CRA Code Compliance and CRA Project.
See PROJECTS UPDATE, page 4