Hurricane-impacted residents in Lee also can use phone to participate
Lee County Government and the School District of Lee County are collaborating to provide free public transportation to the state’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) event happening this weekend at the Lee Civic Center in North Fort Myers. (See Department of Children and Families’ news release below.)
Lee County residents should pre-register online at MyFLFamilies.com/DSNAP. When the event occurs 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday, those who want to ride a bus can visit one of 15 pickup points throughout the county to ride the free shuttle to the site. The buses will be LeeTran vehicles on Friday and school buses on Saturday and Sunday. All participating buses will be identified with a “D-SNAP” sign and will provide transport to and from the designated pickup points.
It's important that shuttle-bus riders note the number of the bus they take to the Civic Center, as they will have to ride that same numbered bus to return to the correct pickup point.
The 15 pickup point locations include six stops on Pine Island, which does not typically have traditional LeeTran service. Other points include: Coconut Point Mall, Constitution & US 41, Fort Myers Beach Park & Ride, Sanibel Tanger Outlets, Edison Mall, Rosa Parks Transfer Center, two Publix locations (Lehigh Acres at Homestead Road, and Cape Coral at Santa Barbara and Pine Island Road), Cape Coral Transfer Center, and Merchants Crossing.
A map of pickup points with street addresses and scheduling information is at www.leegov.com/leetran/dsnap.
Schedules for the shuttles will vary, depending on the number of buses available and traffic conditions. On Saturday and Sunday, school buses are expected to circulate in 30-minute intervals. Shuttle riders can call LeeTran customer service at 239-533-8726 to check the status of a D-SNAP vehicle.
Original source can be found here.
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