TRANSPORTATION

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has begun a roadway project along SW 8 Street in Miami-Dade County.

WORK TO BE PERFORMED

• Adding four signalized mid-block pedestrian crossings
  1. Between SW 73 Avenue and SW 72 Avenue
  2. Between SW 68 Avenue and SW 67 Avenue
  3. Just west of SW 52 Court/Genoa Street
  4. Just east of SW 44 Avenue
• Adding a new signalized intersection at SW 39 Court/Salzedo Street
• Installing pedestrian ramps, detectable warning surfaces, signage, pavement markings, countdown signals and pushbuttons
• Installing high-emphasis crosswalks at various locations
• Replacing various traffic signals and adding traffic detection video equipment
• Reconstructing damaged sidewalks and removing abandoned driveways
• Upgrading existing light poles with light-emitting diodes (LED) at various locations
• Installing no left turn signs at various locations
• Installing a painted traffic island with plastic poles on the north side of SW 44 Avenue
• Installing stop for pedestrian signs at various locations
• Installing a painted traffic island on the south side of SW 43 Avenue
• Adjusting utility manholes and valves at several locations
• Repaving and restriping the roadway

LANE CLOSURE INFORMATION

Travel lanes may be closed only during nonpeak hours on nonevent days. Nonpeak hours are:

• 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., weekdays
• 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., Sunday through Thursday
• 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., Friday and Saturday
• 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday