The area east of Collier Boulevard (Golden Gate Estates) has become such a hot topic that the area has its own committee, which met for the first time Monday night. The committee is titled "East of 951 Infrastructure and Services Horizon Study Public Participation Master Plan Committee."
The study will be an 18-month process for the East of County Road 951 (Collier Boulevard) Horizon Study covering the area’s future infrastructure and services needs.
The goal and objectives of the committee are to make recommendations to commissioners about what services are needed east of Collier Boulevard, serve as a technical task force to review development and build-out land scenarios that will affect the area’s future.
One of the topics during the process will include the issue of hooking up homes in Golden Gate Estates to central water and sewer and the relocation of the landfill in east Collier.
An estimate of the future population in the area east of Collier Boulevard is estimated there could be over 688,000, almost a tenfold increase from today’s present population of 71,000. This would equate to about 65% of Collier County’s population.
A previous study estimates the cost of providing urban services east of Collier Boulevard range from $4 billion to more than $8 billion for roads, water, sewer, drainage, schools, parks, libraries and emergency services.
The next committee meeting is Nov. 20.
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