{"id":107802,"date":"2026-01-06T17:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/107802\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T17:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:41:08","slug":"new-traffic-signal-on-the-way-for-a-busy-cape-coral-intersection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/107802\/","title":{"rendered":"New traffic signal on the way for a busy Cape Coral intersection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tConstruction is underway for a new traffic signal at the busy intersection of Tropicana Parkway and Santa Barbara Boulevard in Cape Coral. The city of Cape Coral says to  expect lane closures and a change in traffic patterns during this construction process.Drivers should plan for extra time before getting behind the wheel if this intersection is part of their daily commute. The city says crews will work on drilled shaft installations, roadway improvements, installation of the new traffic signal and restoration work once construction wraps up. The city reminds drivers to slow down and stay vigilant when driving through the construction area.The new traffic signal is expected to be up and running by spring 2026.DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202fGulf Coast News app\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tCAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Construction is underway for a new traffic signal at the busy intersection of Tropicana Parkway and Santa Barbara Boulevard in Cape Coral. <\/p>\n<p>The city of Cape Coral says to  expect lane closures and a change in traffic patterns during this construction process.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers should plan for extra time before getting behind the wheel if this intersection is part of their daily commute. <\/p>\n<p>The city says crews will work on drilled shaft installations, roadway improvements, installation of the new traffic signal and restoration work once construction wraps up. <\/p>\n<p>The city reminds drivers to slow down and stay vigilant when driving through the construction area.<\/p>\n<p>The new traffic signal is expected to be up and running by spring 2026.<\/p>\n<p>DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/qrco.de\/gcnapp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gulf Coast News app<\/a>\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylocal.com\/wbbh-ft-myers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Very Local Gulf Coast app<\/a> to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Construction is underway for a new traffic signal at the busy intersection of Tropicana Parkway and Santa Barbara&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[55210,209,211,210,187,1127,55214,2675,104,1179,213,29437,55212,4268,55211,197,55213,221],"class_list":["post-107802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-busy-cape-coral-intersection","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-city","tag-construction","tag-daily-commute","tag-driver","tag-entertainment","tag-gulf-coast-news-app","tag-late-news","tag-new-traffic-signal","tag-roadway-improvement","tag-santa-barbara-boulevard","tag-shaft-installation","tag-sport","tag-traffic-pattern","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}