MIAMI – Traffic can really be challenging here in South Florida, but for some drivers heading to Fort Lauderdale Beach relief is in sight.
CBS News Miami took a drive with Allison Ricker on US 1, heading to 17th Street. That’s the route she takes to go to the beach.
“It’s usually bumper-to-bumper traffic especially to turn down 17th Street. You’re backed up a ways, you got people cutting you off,” Allison said.
She tells us what’s supposed to be a zen time on the sand can be anything but calming.
“How frustrating is that?” CBS News Miami’s Ted Scouten asked? “Very frustrating especially when you want to just go and enjoy your day. You’re trying to make it just 3 miles and it takes 40, 45 minutes,” she said.
That could change to a 2-3 minute drive with plans for a new bypass road. It would connect US 1 at State Road 84 to 17th Street.
It would go through Port Everglades heading east into the port, then turn north running alongside Eisenhower Blvd. It ends just before the 17th Street Causeway and Convention Center. It’s touted to save time and frustration.