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| FISHING PIER TO BE REMOVED BY COMMISSIONERS |
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WENGNews writes, "UNLESS THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART, THEY WILL VOTE TODAY TO ACCEPT A BID TO REMOVE A WALKWAY, RAILING, AND CROSS-BRACES OF AN OLD RAILROAD TRESTLE ALONG THE MYAKKA RIVER THAT IS USED BY MANY AREA FISHERMEN. AND THE FISHEREN ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. THE RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE BY CHARLOTTE COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR LAURA KLEISS HOEFT, WHO SAYS THE TRESTLE IS FALLING APART AND COULD POTENTIALLY POSE A HAZARD TO BOATERS. ACCORDING TO THE SUN, THE TRESTLE HAS BEEN BLOCKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS BY A WOODEN GATE, PUT UP AFTER THEY WIDENED THE EL JOBEAN BRIDGE. A PETITION IS CIRCULATING ASKING COMMISSIONERS TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE MAKING A DECISION, AND IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO COMMISSIONERS TODAY. IT’S BELIEVED THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 70 SIGNATURES ON IT, BUT IT APPEARS THE COMMISSIONERS WILL MOVE FORWARD TODAY ANYWAY, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT SPENDING NEARLY $100,000 DOLLARS TO HAVE IT REMOVED."
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Posted on Mar 11, 2008 05:32am.
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