North Fort Myers residents are expressing concerns about excessive speeding and inadequate street lighting along Bayshore Road.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They fear for their safety, especially once the sun sets, making the road dark and dangerous for both drivers and pedestrians.<\/p>\n
Bonnie Addis, a North Fort Myers resident, shared her concerns about the lighting situation.<\/p>\n
“They really do not provide adequate lighting to come in here safely,” said Addis. “I mean, you just have to really take your time and know where you’re going.”<\/p>\n
Neighbors are worried that the speeding drivers could lead to accidents. Since 2023, WINK News has reported on five crashes along Bayshore Road, four of which were fatal.<\/p>\n
Addis further commented on the dangerous driving behavior in the area.<\/p>\n
“Before we moved in here, there was a case in point that somebody did get killed here at this intersection,” said Addis. “I don’t know if they were going out or coming in, but, you know, just for the way traffic goes, they don’t obey the speed limit. And so, it’s just a concern, that’s all.”<\/p>\n
WINK News contacted the Florida Department of Transportation to inquire about any plans for new safety measures. We also requested local crash statistics since 2023; however, our reporters are waiting for a response.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Our reporters will provide updates regarding Bayshore Road once more information is available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Fort Myers residents are expressing concerns about excessive speeding and inadequate street lighting along Bayshore Road.\u00a0 They…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,3837,325],"class_list":["post-24008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-collaborator_gen_stories","tag-lee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24008","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=24008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}