The Chick-fil-A on Colonial Boulevard in Fort Myers reopened Thursday after , bringing excitement to many locals.<\/p>\n
However, the traffic congestion surrounding the area remains a concern for nearby residents.<\/p>\n
The fast-food restaurant, located near the diverging diamond interchange, shares its parking area with Starbucks and Walmart, creating a traffic hotspot. WINK News reporter Camila Pereira is there to provide insights into the traffic situation on the first day back open.<\/p>\n
But customers say, so far, everything is running smoothly. They are happy to see it back open.<\/p>\n
“I am so glad they are back open; I waited 6 months for this,” said Donna, a customer.<\/p>\n
“Exciting! I’m actually here for my first drink. Never tried one before! I found it a lot easier,” added Ashley Terrell, another customer.<\/p>\n
Chick-fil-A and Starbucks have opted for drive-thru only service to alleviate traffic headaches. As both establishments open simultaneously for the first time, \u00a0about whether the new plans will effectively manage the congestion.<\/p>\n
Adding to the potential increase in traffic, the Chick-fil-A on US-41 is closed for renovations, making the Colonial Boulevard location the only open Chick-fil-A in the area.<\/p>\n
The Chick-fil-A reopened at 6:30 a.m., and Starbucks is already serving customers. The impact of the reopening on traffic flow will be closely monitored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chick-fil-A on Colonial Boulevard in Fort Myers reopened Thursday after , bringing excitement to many locals. However,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,7081,897],"class_list":["post-6434","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-chick-fil-a","tag-fort-myers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6434","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=6434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}