CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 Drivers on Pine Island Road in Cape Coral will soon need to adjust how they navigate certain intersections and access some businesses as part of a new Florida Department of Transportation safety project.<\/p>\n
Construction is underway along Pine Island Road, and the project goes beyond resurfacing. FDOT is also planning safety improvements that will change how traffic moves at several locations.<\/p>\n
Driving Pine Island Road is part of Kenneth Dunham’s daily routine. He said getting through the area isn’t too difficult.<\/p>\n
“As long as you’re paying attention, it’s not too bad,” Dunham said.<\/p>\n
Robert Harrelson has watched traffic change over the years.<\/p>\n
“Very busy over the years,” Harrelson said.<\/p>\n
One of the planned improvements involves closing a median opening at the Lowe’s entrance. Harrelson isn’t convinced that change will help traffic.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s going to create more congestion,” Harrelson said. “If you can’t turn to get into Lowe’s there, you’re going to have to go down, make a U-turn to come back to get to Lowe’s.”<\/p>\n
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FDOT plans to add a second eastbound left-turn lane at nearby Pondella Road. That means drivers will have two lanes available to make that left turn instead of one.<\/p>\n
Dunham supports that change.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s a good idea, as long as, you know, they can get it done and everyone stays safe,” Dunham said.<\/p>\n
FDOT plans to add traffic islands to help direct vehicles through the intersection at Del Prado Boulevard. A new directional median island will also change how traffic moves at Hibiscus Drive.<\/p>\n
Construction is expected to be finished in late 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 Drivers on Pine Island Road in Cape Coral will soon need to adjust…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,28,1126,5382],"class_list":["post-422667","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-florida","tag-florida-department-of-transportation","tag-pine-island"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422667","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=422667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}