FPL work to affect Estero Boulevard next week
Beginning next Monday, May 18, Fort Myers Beach motorists should expect delays while traveling through the mid-island portion of Estero Boulevard as Florida Power and Light begins replacing the power poles to strengthen its facilities on Fort Myers Beach. The work is anticipated to improve service reliability related to severe weather.
This work will occur within a three-mile segment of Estero Boulevard between Bay Beach Lane and Bay Mar Drive, and also on Curlew Street. The work entails replacing existing poles with stronger concrete poles and adding additional poles at select locations. Once the new poles are installed, crews will begin transferring the utility lines over to the new poles and removing old poles.
FPL contractors will need to close the southbound lane and the center turn lane, as the equipment needed for the job must be staged on the roadway to lift and set the poles in their new locations.
FPL contractors will close the lanes between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. If necessary, the contractor may close lanes overnight between 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Lane closures will be limited to the areas the contractors will be actively working on that day. Flaggers will alternate traffic directions frequently, but motorists can expect delays of 15 minutes or more depending on traffic volume. Work involving closure of both the southbound lane and center turn lane is expected to be completed by August; crews will be working in the area through December.
Contact FPL’s Scott Overbaugh at 941-637-5503 with project-related questions.
This work is independent of the anticipated Estero Boulevard Improvement Project, which is in final design stages for the first phase from Crescent Street to near Lovers Lane. Construction of Estero Boulevard improvements is expected to start this summer. Details about that project are available online at www.refreshFMBeach.com or by calling 337-1071.
FPL work to affect Estero Boulevard next week
Beginning next Monday, May 18, Fort Myers Beach motorists should expect delays while traveling through the mid-island portion of Estero Boulevard as Florida Power and Light begins replacing the power poles to strengthen its facilities on Fort Myers Beach. The work is anticipated to improve service reliability related to severe weather.
This work will occur within a three-mile segment of Estero Boulevard between Bay Beach Lane and Bay Mar Drive, and also on Curlew Street. The work entails replacing existing poles with stronger concrete poles and adding additional poles at select locations. Once the new poles are installed, crews will begin transferring the utility lines over to the new poles and removing old poles.
FPL contractors will need to close the southbound lane and the center turn lane, as the equipment needed for the job must be staged on the roadway to lift and set the poles in their new locations.
FPL contractors will close the lanes between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. If necessary, the contractor may close lanes overnight between 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Lane closures will be limited to the areas the contractors will be actively working on that day. Flaggers will alternate traffic directions frequently, but motorists can expect delays of 15 minutes or more depending on traffic volume. Work involving closure of both the southbound lane and center turn lane is expected to be completed by August; crews will be working in the area through December.
Contact FPL’s Scott Overbaugh at 941-637-5503 with project-related questions.
This work is independent of the anticipated Estero Boulevard Improvement Project, which is in final design stages for the first phase from Crescent Street to near Lovers Lane. Construction of Estero Boulevard improvements is expected to start this summer. Details about that project are available online at www.refreshFMBeach.com or by calling 337-1071.