PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 An ongoing lane closure in Pinellas County is frustrating drivers on a busy road.<\/p>\n
What You Need To Know<\/p>\n
Curlew Road eastbound now has reduced lanes between Countryside Boulevard and Tampa Road
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According to FDOT, at least one lane is now closed 24 hours a day for a drainage project there
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The $10.8 million project is set to be completed in the fall of 2026<\/p>\n
Curlew Road eastbound now has reduced lanes between Countryside Boulevard and Tampa Road \u2014 which is a major east-west connection in north Pinellas County.<\/p>\n
According to FDOT, at least one lane is now closed 24 hours a day for a drainage project there.<\/p>\n
Nicky Folven commutes on Curlew Road daily and says the one lane being closed has caused lots of delays, especially at McMullen Booth Road during rush hour.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of people trying to turn left to McMullen Booth. So there\u2019s really only one lane that can get through. Because both sides are backed up,\u201d Folven said.<\/p>\n
The lane closure extends from there to Curlew\u2019s merge with Tampa Road \u2014 causing backups for drivers at all hours.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter school, on the weekends, just that lane being shut down. It\u2019s a lot of people trying to get into two lanes,\u201d Folven said.<\/p>\n
So she\u2019s hoping that the work is done soon to help traffic flow through the area better.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know it\u2019s like a minor inconvenience but I guess my concerns are more with the length of time this has been closed down,\u201d Folven said.<\/p>\n
According to the FDOT, the $10.8 million project is set to be completed in the fall of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 An ongoing lane closure in Pinellas County is frustrating drivers on a busy road.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2178,2179,115,596,135,137,136,7227,729,835],"class_list":["post-149355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-traffic-inbox","tag-inbox","tag-news","tag-pinellas-county","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-tim-wronka","tag-traffic","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149355","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=149355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}