TRANSPORTATION

        

 

Frenquently Asked Questions (FAQs)

 

• The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is reconstructing SR 25/US 27/Okeechobee Road from the Broward County Line to              SR 826/Palmetto Expressway. To minimize impacts to the community, the project is divided into seven individual segments. Click to view the corridor wide map.

• FDOT’s goal with the SR 25/US 27/Okeechobee Road reconstruction is to improve safety, mobility and ease congestion along the 10-mile corridor.

• Major improvements to the corridor include: reconstructing the NW 116 Way intersection to cross Okeechobee Road via second level overpass; constructing a three level interchange at the NW 87 Avenue intersection; adding three new flyover ramps for direct access to and from the Palmetto Interchange. 

• There are six construction project segments, two are managed by the Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise and the remaining four by the FDOT. Each project segment has an individual preliminary cost. The overall preliminary cost is $595 million. For more information on each segment visit, www.southflroads.com/okeechobee.

• There are six construction project segments, two are managed by the Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise and the remaining four by the FDOT. Each project segment has an individual time of completion; however, all construction is set to be completed by 2032. For more information on each segment, visit www.southflroads.com/okeechobee. 

• The construction crews will mainly work within protected work areas, keeping the same number of lanes open.
• Minimizing lane closures to the allowable non-peak hours.
• Coordination between project segments to avoid consecutive closures.
• Providing advance notice and traffic alerts to the community and motorists about upcoming closures and traffic shifts.
• For more information on the current traffic patterns and lane closures visit the current project activities page.
• Sign up to our distribution list to receive lane closure updates.

• This project website houses all information about each project segment. From here anyone can view each individual project segment webpage, download project documents, and see real time traffic alerts and current project activities.
• Sign up to our distribution list to receive weekly progress eblast.
• Meet us in the field - the outreach team also conducts pop-up events, door to doors and teams up with community and Municipal partners to distribute constant information to the affected communities. If you would like us to host a pop-up event at your place of business or schedule a one-on-one meeting, contact our Senior Community Outreach Specialist.
• Contact our Senior Community Outreach Specialist to get information.

• Contact our Senior Community Outreach Specialist.

• Yes, access to neighborhoods and businesses will be maintained at all times. In the event that a driveway must be worked on, the community outreach team will reach out to that property owner and coordinate the closure, at the owner’s convenience.

• Properly document the damages with photos and consider filing a police report.
• Contact the Senior Community Outreach Specialist and provide all the information. A damage claim form will be provided, please fill it out and submit it as soon as possible.
• FDOT will provide an “Acknowledgement of Property Damage” Letter stating that your claim was received; however, all documentation will be forwarded to the project’s contractor, who will handle the claim. Damages occurring within project areas will be reviewed and responded to by the assigned contractor, not by FDOT.
• Please note the project cannot assume liability or responsibility for circumstances beyond its control, including but not limited to:
  • Weather-related events and conditions.
  • Damages caused by other motorists/vehicles.
  • Unreported road debris or conditions.

• Use caution when driving, walking or biking around the work zone.
• Allow extra time to reach your destination.
• Obey all posted signs and speed limits.

 

 

 

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