Note to readers: The News-Press and Naples Daily News are producing a series of stories about traffic in Southwest Florida. We are calling our special coverage “Traffic Week” and today we are breaking down the most significant road projects for Lee County in 2024.

Lee County’s nine significant DOT projects in design or construction phase for 2024

Note: This list does not include Florida Department of Transportation projects like the I-75/Colonial Diverging Diamond and the Sanibel Causeway.

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• BURNT STORE ROAD

  • Originally a three-phase project to widen Burnt Store Road from Pine Island Road to the Charlotte County Line Project widens the two-lane Burnt Store Road to a four-lane divided limited access super street. Phases I and II were recently completed from Pine Island Road to Van Buren Street. Preliminary Engineering is underway for Phase III from Van Buren Street to the Charlotte County Line by FDOT with 60% roadway design completion scheduled this year

Additional Lee County road projects of note

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