Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Phase I Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Published on June 19, 2026
Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Project Phase I Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
July 1, 2026
10 a.m.
A brief ribbon cutting ceremony will be held for the Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Project Phase I (Collier Boulevard to 16th Street NE) at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 1. A tent for the event will be set up on the northeast corner of Vanderbilt Beach Road/Collier Blvd. near the St. Agnes Catholic Church parking lot, 7775 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Naples, FL 34120. Parking for the event is available in the St. Agnes Catholic Church parking lot. (A location diagram is at the end of this news release.) All interested community members are encouraged to attend.
Speakers include Commission Vice Chairman William L. McDaniel, Jr., District 5; Commissioner Burt L. Saunders, District 3; Florida House Representative Lauren Melo, District 82; Transportation Management Services Department Head Trinity Scott; and Transportation Engineering Division Director Jay Ahmad. St. Agnes Catholic Church Pastor Bob Kantor will provide the invocation, and St. Agnes Catholic Church Cantor Joseph Manhart will sing the National Anthem as well as God Bless America.
The seven-mile roadway project, one of the biggest Collier County has undertaken, opened to traffic on June 12 after the project reached substantial completion. The contractor is continuing to handle punch list items. The improvements include: a new six-lane divided roadway with pedestrian and bicycle facilities extending from the existing Vanderbilt Beach Road east of Collier Boulevard (CR 951) to west of Wilson Boulevard, where it tapers down to a new two-lane roadway from east of Wilson Boulevard to 16th Street NE. Other enhancements include improvements to Massey Street and to the existing intersections at Collier Boulevard, Weber Boulevard, Danbury Boulevard, and Douglas Road. New signalized intersections were built at Wilson Boulevard, 8th Street NE, and 16th Street NE. In addition, there are three new canal bridges, 18 stormwater management ponds, and the canal (south of Vanderbilt Beach Road) from 31st Street NW to 15th Street NW was relocated.
The new extension will help relieve congestion on other arterial roadways and is also expected to reduce response times for emergency service providers.
Vanderbilt Beach Road Extension Phase II, which is being planned to extend the roadway from 16th Street NE to Everglades Blvd., is in the final stages of design and may start construction toward the beginning of next year.
Two or more members of the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) may be present and participate at this event.
For more information, contact Community Liaison Connie Deane at 239-252-8365 or Connie.Deane@collier.gov.