The Sanibel City Council on Tuesday, Oct. 7, unanimously voted to approve a resolution declaring the city’s intent to establish the Sanibel Harbours Inlet Dredging Assessment District. It will finance public improvements for periodic maintenance dredging of the inlet.
Historically, the residents of the Sanibel Harbours neighborhood have worked in partnership with the city for the periodic maintenance dredging of the inlet. As with other dredging projects, the city has paid 33.33 percent of the cost, and the residents have paid 66.67 percent of the cost.
The inlet was dredged using this payment methodology in 2001, 2008, 2014, and 2024. And it needs to be dredged again in 2025 due to the hurricanes that impacted Sanibel in 2024…