TRANSPORTATION

District: One

Meeting Type: Meeting

Location Name: Florida Department of Transportation, District One Office

Street Address: 801 North Broadway Avenue

City: Bartow

District: One

Meeting Type: Meeting

Date: Thursday, January 21, 2021

Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Location Name: Online and will be accessible through the project website

Directions: Accessible through project website

Purpose: The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will host a virtual public information meeting from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 21, 2021 about improvements to I-75 at Colonial Boulevard (SR 884) Interchange and along Colonial Boulevard. The public information meeting is being held to provide the public with construction information and answer any questions about the project. The improvements will enhance access to I-75, as well as improve overall safety, increase capacity, and facilitate emergency evacuation within the County. In addition, the improvements will help serve travel demands created by anticipated countywide population and employment growth. The improvements will reconfigure the I-75 at Colonial Boulevard Interchange to a Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI). I-75 will also be widened to provide an auxiliary lane in each direction from Colonial Boulevard to SR 82/Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and emergency stopping sites at the Colonial Boulevard interchange and the northbound off-ramp at SR 82. Other improvements along Colonial Boulevard include a Continuous Flow Intersection (CFI) at the intersection of Six Mile Cypress Parkway/Ortiz Avenue and a Redirected Crossing U-Turn (RCUT) intersection at the Colonial Boulevard/Forum Boulevard intersection. The contractor is Ajax Industries of Florida and construction cost is $52.7 million and completion is expected in mid-2024. FDOT will host a pre-construction Virtual Public Meeting from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 21, 2021. The meeting will be held online and will be accessible through the project website at www.swflroads.com/i75/atcolonialblvd/. To attend the online, live question and answer session, please visit the project website anytime from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 21, 2021 to enter the public meeting. Project information including plans, schedule, and virtual tour of the project area will be available in a virtual meeting room, and from here participants can attend the live question and answer session. All attendees will be muted, and questions can be entered through the chat function. Public meeting displays will remain posted on the project website following the meeting. If you do not have internet access and would like project information mailed to you, please contact Brian Bollas at (813) 262-8499 or via e-mail at Brian.Bollas@dot.state.fl.us. Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, or family status. Persons who require special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act or persons who require translation services (free of charge) should contact Cynthia Sykes, FDOT District One Title VI Coordinator by phone at (863) 519-2287, or via email at Cynthia.Sykes@dot.state.fl.us at least seven (7) days prior to the public meeting. For more information visit the project website at www.swflroads.com/i75/atcolonialblvd/ and follow the project on Facebook and Twitter.

Project Web Site: Project website

Primary Contact: Brian Bollas

Primary Phone: 813-262-8499

Primary E-Mail: Brian.Bollas@dot.state.fl.us

Additional Contact: Marlena Gore

Additional Phone: 941-749-3500 X7867

Additional E-mail: Marlena.Gore@dot.state.fl.us

Expires: 2/4/2021