The Brief
- The city of Lakeland released new renderings that show sidewalks, two travel lanes, and a center two-way left turn.
- The city and Florida Department of Transportation, which owns the road, agreed to reduce the road between Ariana St and Lime St from a narrow five-lane roadway to a three-lane roadway in an effort to improve safety.
- Construction is now expected to begin in spring 2027.
LAKELAND, Fla. – A road diet project dubbed an ‘eyesore’ in the Dixieland corridor is now more than halfway through its design phase and construction is expected to begin in 2027.
Just last week, the city of Lakeland announced that the phase is 60% complete.
They released new renderings that show sidewalks, two travel lanes, and a center two-way left turn.
The backstory:…