Roads

Johnson Engineering recently revealed the results of the 2024 traffic study conducted in Estero. Organized by Engage Estero, this event showed current and future traffic conditions for the village, as well as some proposed recommendations to improve traffic efficiency.

Lee Commissioners vote on improving county’s transportation network, including projects on Six Mile Cypress Parkway, Three Oaks Parkway and Cape Coral Bridge.

Kings Highway between Harborview Road and Westchester Boulevard in Charlotte County will shift to one lane between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday this week for converting older streetlights to LED-type devices.

This weekly report is prepared by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to inform the public about upcoming road work in Southwest Florida/District one. Below are the work schedule and lane closure locations for major state road projects.FDOT's District One is composed of 12 counties: Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Lee, Manatee, Okeechobee, Polk, and Sarasota.

Governor DeSantis mentioned the project in a social media posting.

Hurricane Helene's rain caused significant flooding across southwest Florida Thursday.WGCU will update this list of road closures using communication and social media posts from local municipalities.

Part of McGregor Boulevard by the Edison & Ford Winter Estates will be closed starting Monday for a 10 to 12-week project that will entail removing part of the road and replacing it with paving bricks.

Lee County’s contractor, OHLA USA, begins work this month to widen Ortiz Avenue from Colonial Boulevard to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. The project will widen the roadway from two lanes to four travel lanes and include a 6-foot sidewalk on the east side of the road and a 10-foot paved trail on the west side of the road.

To deal with growing traffic demand on local infrastructure, a new kind of interchange is coming to the intersection of I-75 and Colonial Boulevard in Fort Myers.The diverging diamond interchange will replace the current intersection, which is organized with traditional cross-traffic left-turn lanes using traffic lights.