MIDDLEBURG, Fla. – New lane closures on County Road 220 that links Fleming Island and Middleburg went into effect this week, worsening a yearslong traffic backlog that drivers say has become intolerable.
The latest closures, at Henley Road in the rapidly growing Lake Asbury area, have blocked additional lanes on one of the county’s busiest corridors and created new backups in multiple directions.
“It’s horrible,” Arlene Starling, a Clay County resident, said. “It seems to never end. It will be at least another year.”…