Drivers on a stretch of Olympia Avenue in Punta Gorda are facing a bumpy ride, with elevated manhole covers and uneven pavement.
The mogul looking asphalt mounds on E. Olympia, part of which runs through downtown, are included in a Florida Department of Transportation project that will repave the road from US-41 to Bermont Road. It includes milling, resurfacing, pavement reconstruction, widening, drainage improvements, new guardrails and updated markings according to FDOT.
Watch Fox 4’s Alex Orenczuk report on the bumpy ride:
ROUGH ROAD: City to redo Olympia block soon, FDOT work drags into 2026
Vice-Mayor Greg Julian said FDOT has only laid part of the pavement so far…