THREE DAYS A WEEK POST COMMENTS AT CAPE-CORAL-DAILY-BREEZE.COM Prep CAPE CORAL round-up Ida Baker boys take on Estero BREEZE — SPORTS MID-WEEK EDITION WEATHER: Mostly Sunny • Tonight: Mostly Clear • Friday: Mostly Sunny — 2A cape-coral-daily-breeze.com Vol. 50, No. 36 Thursday, March 24, 2011 50 cents Northwest Cape re-paving project under way By DREW WINCHESTER In total, the price of the two phases will
[email protected] cost roughly $1.2 million. Many of the streets in northwest Cape “We’re aware of the bad streets up here, Coral are pockmarked with large potholes believe me,” said Vincent Zura, from the “These neighborhoods, because of the empty and crumbled pavement. city’s Public Works Department. “You homes and the condition of the roads, I’m afraid While a complete fix for the 75 miles of have to start somewhere and utilities won’t our city will blight if we don’t address it.” paving needs are still not an option for the be up here for another 10 to 20 years.” city’s coffers, a partial fix is under way on The first phase of the repaving projects — Councilmember Kevin McGrail, some of the roads. addresses streets with eight or more homes, whose district includes the northwest Cape When it’s all said and done, roughly 20 while the second will address some of the miles will have smooth, new blacktop, and streets with seven or fewer homes. funding for a second, smaller phase could The project’s contractor for the first phase, S.T.