Note to readers: The News-Press and Naples Daily News are producing a series of stories about traffic in Southwest Florida. We are calling our special coverage “Traffic Week” and today we are breaking down the most significant road projects for Lee County in 2024.
Lee County’s nine significant DOT projects in design or construction phase for 2024
Note: This list does not include Florida Department of Transportation projects like the I-75/Colonial Diverging Diamond and the Sanibel Causeway.
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- ALICO ROAD CONNECTOR TO SR 82
- Project is 3 phases
- Phase I: Widen Alico Road from Airport Haul Road to Green Meadow Road to four lanes. Phase II: Build a new four-lane arterial roadway connecting Alico Road to SR 82 at the Sunshine Boulevard intersection including a continuous flow intersection at SR 82Phase III: Widen Sunshine Boulevard from SR 82 to 23rd St SW to four lanes
- Phase I expected to begin construction in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25