CHARLOTTE COUNTY \u2014 Drivers heading into Charlotte County on Kings Highway are dealing with a new traffic pattern as a major road widening project moves forward.<\/p>\n
Southbound traffic at the Kings Highway and Sandhill Blvd. intersection is now being squeezed into a single lane as crews make room for construction.<\/p>\n
Leslie Louis, who lives off Kings Highway, said the changes have been noticeable since she moved in.<\/p>\n
“There is a lot of road construction and with, of course, construction, there’s a lot of disruption\u2026 everything’s delayed,” Louis said.<\/p>\n
Louis said getting onto Kings Highway during rush hour takes patience, but she has noticed drivers being considerate.<\/p>\n
“When we are trying to get out onto Kings Highway, the people are very generous in allowing us to get in and to get out,” Louis said.<\/p>\n
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Kings Highway is a key route for drivers coming from DeSoto County into Charlotte County and heading toward I-75.<\/p>\n
Drone footage shows crews currently installing a new water main along the side of the road as part of a more than $10 million effort to replace the existing\u00a0two-lane stretch with a four-lane divided roadway.<\/p>\n
Charlotte County says drivers are most likely to feel the impact of the lane reduction during mornings and afternoons.<\/p>\n
Chad Ray, public relations manager for Charlotte County Public Works, explained what the change looks like on the ground.<\/p>\n
“You can see the center lane is now gone\u2026 it takes it down to the single lane,” Ray said.<\/p>\n
Ray said the construction is about preparing the corridor for what is coming.<\/p>\n
“We’re building out for those future expansions for the commercial and business and residential as it comes along this corridor here,” Ray said.<\/p>\n
Once complete, the finished road will also include protected turn lanes, new street lighting, a 10-foot multi-use path and a six-foot sidewalk.<\/p>\n
Charlotte County says the project remains on schedule, with completion expected in October 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHARLOTTE COUNTY \u2014 Drivers heading into Charlotte County on Kings Highway are dealing with a new traffic pattern…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,853],"class_list":["post-378233","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-charlotte-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378233","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=378233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}