Pipeline construction was completed earlier this year in Manatee and Sarasota counties, with the most recent construction, through Venice, Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte, and an eight-mile stretch within north Ft. Myers, concluded in June. Permission to begin installation of the last phase of pipeline through Ft. Myers and Naples was granted in June by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Environmental Protection.
Construction remains on schedule for completion by year's end.