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The city of Sanibel received the following information from the Florida Department of Transportation regarding Sanibel Causeway preparations for Hurricane Milton:
The contractor is taking extra precautions to reinforce the improvements that have been made on the Sanibel Causeway before Hurricane Milton arrives. Throughout the day today, and again tomorrow crews are adding additional armor stone near the toll plaza. FDOT wants to take all possible steps to ensure that the causeway is operational once the storm passes.
Motorists should expect flaggers to stop traffic intermittently west of the toll plaza to allow equipment to transfer the armor stone from the staging area again on Tuesday, Oct. 8.
Flaggers are working hard to make sure delays are minimal as they are aware that many residents are evacuating. The contractor is also in the process of securing the barges and other staging other equipment so that it is readily available if needed after the storm passes.
After the storm passes, expect that the contractor will need time to inspect and clear debris from the roadway before allowing the public to access and cross the Causeway. Once FDOT determines that McGregor Boulevard and the Causeway are safe, the bridge will open to traffic as soon as the Sanibel Police Department and Sanibel Fire Department provide the "all clear" that travel on the island is safe.
Source: City of Sanibel