{"id":152747,"date":"2026-02-12T08:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/152747\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T08:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:11:11","slug":"sanibel-has-had-one-gas-station-since-ian-but-damaged-chevron-site-may-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/152747\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanibel has had one gas station since Ian, but damaged Chevron site may reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"

SANIBEL, Fla \u2014 Right now, there\u2019s only one place to pump gas on Sanibel, the Rebel station.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because the old Chevron station on Periwinkle Way was damaged by Hurricane Ian and has been sitting empty since. But that could change, as Lee County Commissioners say they want a gas station to reopen there.<\/p>\n

Watch to hear neighbors’ reaction to possibly getting their second gas station back: <\/p>\n

Sanibel has had one gas station since Ian, but damaged Chevron site may reopen<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not getting around the island by bike or golf cart, it\u2019s probably by car. But with only one option to fill up, people say the current station gets backed up in the morning, that is, if they can even make it there.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got 20 miles of gas left, and it\u2019s backed up all the way to Doc Fords,\u201d said Don Allen.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy truck was empty, and I couldn\u2019t find any other gas stations,\u201d said Cleverson Lopez.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the only one and I\u2019m like \u2018I hope this one isn\u2019t out of business or I\u2019m out of gas and I\u2019ll never make it off the island,\u2019\u201d said Paul Kampisi.<\/p>\n

\"Don<\/p>\n

Fox 4 <\/p>\n

Don Allen<\/p>\n

Now, Kangaroo Express has applied to rebuild the former Chevron site. The engineering firm representing the company says it wants to bring back the gas pumps and convenience store. The proposal would also add more parking and another driveway to the station.<\/p>\n

People on the island say they\u2019re thrilled. \u201cWe need services especially on that east end,\u201d said Kirk Whalen. \u201cOne on one end and one on the other would make a lot of sense,\u201d Don Allen added.<\/p>\n

\"Aerial<\/p>\n

Fox 4 <\/p>\n

Aerial of the vacant Chevron on Sanibel<\/p>\n

But neighbor Joe Porter says there\u2019s a problem. \u201cThey want to add an entrance and exit almost even with my driveway,\u201d Porter said.<\/p>\n

Porter lives across the street from the site and says he\u2019s concerned about increased traffic directly outside his home, as well as the possibility of his water lines and utilities being damaged. He says he supports reopening the gas station, but wants the entrance to remain as it was before.<\/p>\n

\"Joe<\/p>\n

Fox 4 <\/p>\n

Joe Porter<\/p>\n

\u201cThe access was 70 feet from Periwinkle, and then you had a solid fence running from the building to here so you had no customer access beyond that point,\u201d Porter said.<\/p>\n

Porter asked the planning commission to remove the proposed extra driveway. Because of that request, the application will now move forward to a public hearing before any approval is granted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SANIBEL, Fla \u2014 Right now, there\u2019s only one place to pump gas on Sanibel, the Rebel station. That\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[17573,209,211,210,5318,1292,11370,11248,1288,8810,6027,26950,20257],"class_list":["post-152747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-bing-news","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-drivers","tag-facebook","tag-fuel","tag-gas-prices","tag-gas-station","tag-google-news","tag-hurricane-ian","tag-instagram","tag-island"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}