School pickup traffic creates hour-long waits for families in Lehigh Acres

Parents and guardians in a Lehigh Acres neighborhood are feeling the frustration of back-to-school traffic jams, with some reporting wait times of more than an hour to pick up their children.

David Richman, who was picking up his grandchildren from school on Monday, described the scene.

“It was chaotic. You were out on homestead not even moving, in both directions traffic,” Richman said.

School pickup traffic creates hour-long waits for Lehigh Acres families

The congestion is centered around Homestead Road and Sunrise Boulevard, where both Amanecer Elementary and Lehigh Acres Middle School are located…

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