{"id":297497,"date":"2026-06-05T18:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/297497\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:22:08","slug":"north-fort-myers-parents-demand-safer-roads-after-school-bus-crash-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/297497\/","title":{"rendered":"North Fort Myers parents demand safer roads after school bus crash | Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK)\u2014A late May school bus crash<\/a> at Bayshore Road and Williams Road has parents once again calling for change.<\/p>\n

Parents say speeding, growth, and heavy school traffic have made this intersection a safety concern for years. The Florida Department of Transportation studied the intersection, and law enforcement has stepped up its watch, but many parents say they still don’t feel safe.<\/p>\n

WINK News Traffic Anchor Mariaregina Mendoza spoke with families who say they’re tired of waiting for action. Parents told her every school day starts with the same concern: How do they get their children to school safely?<\/p>\n

“There are a lot of accidents; there are problems with it. My kids go to the school, and I don’t feel safe whenever they go to school,” Matthew Olcolm, a parent, said.<\/p>\n

Olcolm says this area has grown rapidly, but the infrastructure hasn’t kept up.<\/p>\n

“We’ve had five new communities get approved to be in this area, and then in this area they have done nothing to update the infrastructure,” Olcolm said.<\/p>\n

A school bus crash last week at this intersection has only added to those concerns. Parent Angela Flint has been pushing for changes for years.<\/p>\n

“I emailed the higher up in FDOT to get told that it is not a school zone because it’s not within 10 or 20 feet, and it does not qualify for a school zone area. If it doesn’t qualify as a so-called school zone to reduce the speed, then they need to put a traffic light or something,” Angela Flint said.<\/p>\n

FDOT completed a signal warrant study at the intersection in 2023. It studied 16 crashes\u201412 of which resulted in injuries\u2014over a five-year period.<\/p>\n

The intersection is riddled with long delays, school traffic, turning conflicts, and crash concerns. FDOT told WINK News it still gets complaints about the intersection.<\/p>\n

Right now, there are no improvements in the works. A school zone beacon stands in place, but parents say they never see it flash.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office has kept an eye on this area as well. They’ve issued 77 citations, including 36 for speeding.<\/a><\/p>\n

“We’ve got to safely get our kids to and from school,” Olcolm said.<\/p>\n

As those troubling numbers continue to grow, the traffic isn’t stopping. Parents say their fight for change isn’t either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK)\u2014A late May school bus crash at Bayshore Road and Williams Road has parents…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,3837,325,115,729],"class_list":["post-297497","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","tag-news","tag-traffic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297497","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=297497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}