- The Florida Department of Transportation is working on a $97 million project to improve traffic flow on I-75 at the Collier Boulevard exit.
- Construction began in early 2023 and is expected to be completed in summer 2026.
- Drivers should expect lane closures and detours throughout the project duration.
Road upgrades are happening right before our eyes in Southwest Florida.
Whether you are going north, south, east or west these days, you are bound to run into some sort of significant project that is intended to address what has become a traffic crisis, from Marco Island to Cape Coral.
You can include the Florida Department of Transportation’s I-75 at SR 951 (Collier Boulevard) (exit 101) Interchange Improvements on the list of major road construction projects currently underway.
What to know: FDOT’S Collier County flyover project
The background: FDOT is reconstructing the I-75 southbound on- and off-ramp connections and the northbound on-ramp connection to the mainline lanes at SR 951 (exit 101). The northeast quadrant loop ramp will be connected to, and accessible only by, a direct flyover ramp from northbound Collier Boulevard starting south of the Davis Boulevard intersection. This single-lane flyover ramp will carry traffic over Beck Boulevard and a reconstructed I-75 southbound on-ramp. A single-lane flyover ramp extension will carry I-75 southbound traffic over Davis Boulevard to a new signalized intersection at Collier Boulevard and Business Circle North. This ramp will extend along the western side of Collier Boulevard…