The Sanibel City Council on Tuesday, March 3, considered two options from Kimley-Horn Engineering & Design Consultants to complete planning services for the intersection of Periwinkle Way and Causeway Boulevard, with funding provided by the Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). Yes, they’re talking about the roundabout.
Council members were surprised to see this item on the agenda. In December 2025, the City Council tabled the matter and directed Council member Richard Johnson to continue discussions with Lee County regarding the feasibility of providing two off-island travel lanes on the causeway. The thinking was that a roundabout could do no good unless there were two lanes off the causeway.
Later that month, Kimley-Horn told the City Council that it had concluded that it is not feasible to create three travel lanes within the existing dimensions of the causeway…