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The Florida Department of Transportation will move the work on Cleveland Avenue to the east side of the road in coming weeks after vexing many small businesses on the west side of the thoroughfare. Brian Rick, a spokesman for FDOT, said that the project is "complicated" because water, sewer and drainage pipes are being rebuilt under the road as part of a joint project with the city of Fort Myers. "The underground work is complicated as crews find unknown abandoned utilities that they must work around," Rick said in an email in response to questions from The News-Press. "In some areas, the n...

8 hours ago Share State transportation officials begin hearing from residents on an approach to take in replacing or fixing up the Longboat Pass bridge. It will take years for the Florida Department of Transportation to replace the Longboat Pass Bridge, if ever. But those long-term possibilities, outlined recently at a public forum, haven’t stopped north-end Longboat Key residents from offering their perspectives on what they’d like to see. Drayton Saunders owns the landmark property at 7300 Gulf of Mexico Drive, overlooking the   drawbridge from the east. “My primar...

Source: Florida Department of Transportation “Due to COVID’s impact on the supply chain, materials were delayed,” said Florida Department of Transportation spokesman Brian Rick. “Otherwise, this was scheduled to have been done off season. Fortunately, we can still maintain the current two lanes of traffic and posted speed, and make the needed improvements.” The state does not anticipate the 14-part project to inconvenience drivers, boaters, pedestrians or bikers. However, nighttime bridge closures are required from 3 a.m. to 5 a.m. throughout the project. The state says no delay wil...

Work is scheduled to finish Thursday.