*Does not include Sheriff's Office, Courts and Constitutionals

Annual Property Tax revenue generated in Lehigh Acres:

• General Fund - 3.7623 mills = $29,403,554
• Unincorporated MSTU - 0.8398 mills = $6,563,300
• Library – 0.4714 mills = $3,684,139
• All Hazards – 0.0693 mills = $541,601

• Cabio Canal Crossing at 4th and 5th St. W $389,050


• Buckingham Rd and Orange River Blvd Signal $555,626


• Buckingham Rd and Cemetery Rd Intersection Improvements Intersection Study and Design $478,800


• Joel Blvd and SR 80 Traffic Study and Conceptual Design $99,964


• Ladyfish Canal Crossing $269,016


• Lee Blvd and Gunnery Rd Intersection Improvements $404,159


• Lee Blvd and Joan Ave Signal $2,198,950


• Lehigh Irma Mast Arms $2,708,436


• Design of Orange River Blvd Sidewalk $595,797


• Bell Blvd Sidewalks $4.504.283


• Roadway Resurfacing $25,219,846


• Alico Road Connector Design $13,820,793


• Sunshine Blvd right-of-way $829,224


• Road, Bridge, Canal and Traffic Maintenance $51,750,000


• Buckingham and Gunnery Roundabout Design $255,563 (paid for by a grant)


• Design of Richmond Ave. Pedestrian Bridge $90,720 (paid for by a grant)


• Road resurfacing in North Lehigh Acres $1,750,437


• Award Contract to Pave Local Unpaved Roads in Lehigh Acres$1,030,757


• Award Contract for Joel Boulevard Resurfacing$893,100.


• Approve CPA to Install Fiber & Conduit on Leeland Heights Blvd.$109,320.75.

• Able Canal Greenway (Pathway) $992,399


• Able Canal Linear Park project$4,362,650


• Frank Mann Preserve $185,720


• Lehigh Acres Community Pool $1,081,792


• Lehigh Acres Middle School $444,382 (our portion of interlocal agreement and new roof at concession building)


• Lehigh Acres Community Park (Park Expansion) $16,124,373


• Lehigh Acres Senior Citizen Center $855,533


• Lehigh Acres Trailhead Park $260,907


• Veterans Park $1,812,146


• Veterans Academy of the Arts $145,156


• Veterans Park Recreation Center $2,209,000


• West Marsh Preserve $60,684

• Surface Water Management Program - Maintenance of outfall drainage and flow-ways to Lehigh Acres (Bedman Creek, Orange River and Hickey Creek) $1,792,617


• Well Permitting & Inspections Program - Approximately 57% of the well permits were in Lehigh Acres $1,457,000


• Lee County secured a $15,500,000 Florida Department of Envoronmental Protection (FDEP) grant on behalf of LAMSID for the Frank Mann Preserve Project (GS-10) as part of the $25 million Governor’s 2023-2024 budget for the Caloosahatchee River

• Major Maintenance: HVAC, Life Safety upgrades, irrigation and plumbing, pressure washing, exterior painting, asphalt parking lots, technology, miscellaneous maintenance: $403,339.94


• CIP: Design and construction of shade structures: $640,085.00


• Reserves: Purchase of land at the intersection of Milwaukee Boulevard & Homestead Road for future library site: $1,350,000.00


• Total cost of operation with materials: $8,987,854.81


• Total visitors: 763,824

• Under Construction (Tax Collector, Supervisor of Elections, Health Department) – the estimated budget is $10,784,953


• Miscellaneous repairs $23,931.79

• 38,850 permitting records


• 6,919 driveway permits


• Inspections salaries/fringe and operating: $10,418,343.96

• Construction of new Lehigh Acres Park & Ride Facility anticipated to be completed early 2025: $6,140,000


• Improved the Route 110 and 515 through interlining the routes in FY 22-23 to improve frequency which resulted in a 25% growth in ridership over the last two years at an annual cost of: $2,472,584


• Mobility-on-Demand* in Lehigh Acres launched March 2023 and provided nearly 7,000 trips in the first five months. The service grew by 21% to nearly 8,500 trips over those same 5 months in the following year. Annual cost of service: $428,472

*Microtransit or Mobility-on-Demand (MoD) is a shared-ride on-demand transportation mode like Uber and other ride hailing services that utilizes smaller vehicles and innovative technology to augment and complement traditional fixed-route transit services. MoD allows passengers to use the ULTRA on-Demand Transit application on their mobile device to request rides in a designated area at a flat rate of $3.00

• Electric - 1,617 households, consisting of 4,536 individuals, received $2,767,963.10 in electric assistance


• Water - 206 households, consisting of 502 individuals, received $154,442.15 in water assistance.


• Down Payment Assistance: 8 households, consisting of 19 individuals, received $207,690.00 in down payment/closing costs assistance


• Housing rehab: 42 households, consisting of 83 individuals, received $970,164.35 in housing rehab assistance


• Rent/Mortgage: 263 households, consisting of 859 individuals, received $969,158.62 in rent/mortgage assistance


• Contracts – Funding for Non-Profit Organizations: There are 39 Partnering for Results contracts covering 50 programs and 3 State Mandated contracts. These contracts address human service needs throughout Lee County; however, there is no specific data available for the number of individuals served in Lehigh Acres.

• 14,451 enforcement cases; 41% of countywide cases.


• Enforcement salaries/fringe and operating: $5,002,459.81

• Calls for Service $1,445,530.57


• Animal Impoundment $3,404,334.12

• Illegal dump collection and disposal: collected and disposed of 6,723 tons of material $826,063


• Lee County Sheriff’s Office detail to combat illegal dumping $50,000


• Recycle carts distributed $584,615


• Household Chemical Waste Disposal $18,883


• Environmental Specialists dedicated to Lehigh Acres $594,324