TAMPA, Fla — Road projects you see under construction across the Tampa Bay Area are on track to be complete sooner than expected.
It comes as FDOT announces a second phase of infrastructure projects underway with less traffic on the roads because of COVID-19.
The big projects in our area include:
- Operational improvements on I-275 in Hillsborough County, west of SR 60 to Lois Ave. That project is now expedited by two months.
- The I-75 repaving from the Manatee County Line to CR 672 in Hillsborough County will be accelerated by one month.
- The diverging diamond interchange improvement project in Pasco County will be accelerated by two weeks.
Other projects in West Central Florida accelerated, include the following:
Pinellas County:
Intersection lighting improvements on SR 688, SR 586 and SR 580 at various locations in Pinellas County will be accelerated by one week.
Intersection lighting improvements on SR 688 between Hamlin Boulevard in Largo and Feather Sound Drive in St. Petersburg in Pinellas County will be accelerated by one week.
Intersection lighting improvements on SR 586 between Alt 19/Bayshore in Dunedin and Tampa Road in Oldsmar in Pinellas County will be accelerated by one week.
Manatee County:
- Signal pole foundations, signal poles and roadway work on U.S. 301 at Rutland Road in Manatee County will be accelerated by three weeks.
- The resurfacing of SR 43 from 2nd Avenue to west of 51st Avenue in Manatee County will be accelerated by two weeks.
- The safety project on US 301 at Erie Road and Old Tampa Highway in Manatee County will be accelerated by two weeks
Citrus County:
- The widening and reconstruction of US 19 from Jump Court to Fort Island Trail in Citrus County will be accelerated by two weeks.
Polk County:
- Signal pole foundations, signal poles and roadway work on SR 37 at Edgewood Drive in Polk County will be accelerated by one month.
In all, FDOT has accelerated over 40 critical transportation projects by a minimum of 650 total contract days, providing essential jobs to Floridians.
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