{"id":277203,"date":"2026-05-19T21:39:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/277203\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T21:39:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:39:27","slug":"cape-coral-converting-5-four-way-stops-to-traffic-lights-by-2027-wink-listens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/277203\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Coral converting 5 four-way stops to traffic lights by 2027 | WINK Listens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 Gilbert Chandler sees four-way stops as a danger.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chandler told WINK News anchor Emma Heaton some of Cape Coral&#8217;s four-way stops are long overdue for an upgrade. He asked whether any four-way stops in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winknews.com\/search\/?f=html&amp;t=article&amp;s=start_time&amp;sd=desc&amp;l=25&amp;nsa=eedition&amp;q=Cape+Coral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cape Coral<\/a> are being turned into signalized intersections.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I saw a story where it wasn&#8217;t so safe to cross the street at a four-way stop; they were&#8230; kids were dodging cars,&#8221; Chandler said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think there are a lot of four-way stops that should have been made lights years ago. But, you know, I hate, I hate\u2014I can&#8217;t stand these four-way stops,&#8221; Chandler said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>WINK News reached out to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capecoral.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the city<\/a> for answers. A spokesperson said the city continuously reviews intersections for potential signalization based on traffic volumes, safety data and engineering studies.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The signal at Santa Barbara Boulevard and Tropicana Parkway East is now fully operational. The city also sent a list of intersections currently under review or consideration.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Similar to other infrastructure projects, timing is dependent on prioritization and available funding.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chiquita Boulevard and Embers Parkway have a contract awarded and completion expected in December 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Andalusia Boulevard and Diplomat Parkway have construction expected to start in the fall of 2026, pending Lee County&#8217;s final review. Chiquita Boulevard and Tropicana Parkway have construction expected to start in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Andalusia Boulevard and Kismet Parkway has 60% of the design complete as part of the Andalusia Boulevard Extension Project. Construction is expected to start in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pondella Road and Northeast 25th Avenue\/Hancock Creek South Boulevard have proposed funding to be set in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 Gilbert Chandler sees four-way stops as a danger. \u00a0 Chandler told WINK News&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[30351,209,4609,211,210,28,356,729,8375,29408],"class_list":["post-277203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-boulevard","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-bridge","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-florida","tag-lee-county","tag-traffic","tag-traffic-law","tag-traffic-light"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277203","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=277203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}