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2024
- January 17, 2024:
Transportation-Ongoing & Upcoming Projects PresentationJay Ahmad, P.E., Director
Growth & Development Presentation
Transportation Engineering & Construction Mgmt. Division
Michael Bosi, Division Director
Planning & Zoning
2023
2022
- December 7, 2022: Passcode: C*YQaZb2
2021
- May 27, 2021: Passcode: CY1*cU62
2019
News
March 17, 2023:
Municipal Service District II (DII) consists of Ave Maria, Corkscrew, and Immokalee Areas (Commissioner District: Commissioner McDaniel). Curbside services are provided by Franchise Contractor, Waste Pro, which recently received an Award from the Immokalee Chamber of Commerce. These services provided include:
- 2x week garbage
- 1x week recycling
- 1x week yard waste
- 1x week bulk
Currently, Ave Maria receives services on Wed/Sat, Lake Trafford area on Tue/Fri, and Immokalee on Mon/Thur.
Beginning the week of March 27, 2023 curbside collection days are changing; reference, see map here.
- Ave Maria/Corkscrew Sanctuary Area to receive service on Mon/Thur
- Lake Trafford Area to receive service on Tues/Fri
- Town of Immokalee and eastern portion of the district on Wed/Sat.
The benefits of this strategic route implementation include:
- Enhanced customer service and maximizes route collection efficiency and proficiency by providing “full-service”, where all 4 services (i.e. garbage, recycling, yard waste, and bulk) are collected on a single day of the week.
- Allows simple messaging to the public to remember what day their services are provided.
- Enhanced community safety in the Ave Maria community on Saturdays by reducing truck traffic in the community (According to Gulfshore Magazine, Ave Maria is the 16th fastest growing community in the United States).
- Less garbage truck traffic on roads on Saturdays
- Reduces contractor’s employee turnover by reducing employee hours worked on Saturday.
The Contractor guarantees continuity of service and will accommodate any special collections necessary to ensure a smooth transition for the customers. Of note, Waste Pro assumed collection services in DII on October 1, 2021 with a seamless transition and has provided services since with a complaint rate of 0.1%. Further, Waste Pro has demonstrated a commitment to Collier County and values customer service. They are actively engaged in the Immokalee Chamber, participate in the Immokalee Parade, hold job fairs, attend Task Force meetings, and were recently presented an award and recognized for their exceptional community engagement from the Immokalee Chamber of Commerce.
February 27, 2023:
NOTICE OF CURBSIDE COLLECTION ROUTE CHANGE
February 24, 2023:
The Immokalee Eastern Chamber of Commerce is hosting a fantastic Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Grand Opening of:
An Indoor Marketplace
"Mercator at Ave"
Ave Maria, Florida 34142
Refreshments will be served... The Immokalee Eastern Chamber of Commerce will see everyone there!!!
Bridges
Collier County Transportation Engineering Division staff are starting design soon for constructing eleven new bridge replacements in rural Collier County shown on this map. If you travel the routes where any of these bridges are located, please provide your contact information (including email address) to Connie Deane at Connie.Deane@CollierCountyFL.gov so you may be contacted about upcoming public information meetings. The first meeting will be held on November 13, 2017 from 5-7 p.m. at UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, 2685 SR 29 North, Immokalee, FL 34142
Hospital
- ANNOUNCING A NEW HOSPITAL FOR AVE MARIA, IMMOKALEE AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES
- GREAT NEWS: Certificate of Need (CON) approved for Braden Clinic to establish 25 bed acute care hospital in Ave Maria.
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