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: Open House

Date: Thursday, August 21, 2025

Time: 8:00 am to N/A

Location Name: Virtual

Purpose: This Design Public Meeting is to provide you an opportunity to review the project design change improvements, ask questions, and provide feedback concerning the design changes. FDOT optional, on behalf of Highlands County, completed a Project Development & Environment Study (PD&E) in June 2025 on State Road (SR) 70 from County Road (CR) 29 to Lonesome Island Road. The project has now moved forward to the next phase, final design. Design changes that will be presented at this meeting include alterations to access management and stormwater ponds. You can participate in the self-guided virtual meeting room from August 21 – September 5, 2025, or in-person on August 21, 2025, anytime from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Town of Lake Placid Government Center, Community Room, 1069 US 27 North, Lake Placid, FL 33852. The same materials will be displayed at both the in-person and the self-guided virtual meeting room and will be posted by August 21, 2025, on the project webpage. You may access the self-guided virtual meeting room via the project webpage at https://www.swflroads.com/project/414506-5. After reviewing the Design Public Meeting materials, and/or participating, you may submit comments in three ways: 1) through the project webpage (https://www.swflroads.com/project/414506-5); 2) email the Design Project Manager Joseph Lauk at (joe.lauk@dot.state.fl.us); or 3) mail comments to Joseph Lauk at FDOT District One, 801 N. Broadway Ave. MS 1-41, Bartow, FL 33830. While comments about the project are accepted at any time, please note that comments must be received or postmarked by September 5, 2025, to be included in the formal workshop record. A summary of the meeting comments and responses will be available on the webpage approximately 30 days following the close of the comment period. FDOT is sending notices to property owners, business owners, interested persons and organizations within 300 feet of the project to provide the opportunity to give comments to FDOT regarding this project. FDOT solicits public participation without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, or family status. People who require special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act or who require translation services (free of charge) should contact Cynthia Sykes, District One Title VI Coordinator, at (863) 519-2287, or email at Cynthia.Sykes@dot.state.fl.us at least seven days prior to the workshop. The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for this project are being, or have been, carried out by FDOT pursuant to 23 U.S.C. §327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated May 26, 2022 and executed by FHWA and FDOT.

Project Web Site: https://www.swflroads.com/project/414506-5

Primary Contact: Joseph Lauk

Primary Phone: (863) 334-2525

Primary E-Mail: joe.lauk@dot.state.fl.us

Additional Contact: FDOT District 1 Communications Office

Additional Phone: (863) 519-2331

Additional E-mail: FDOT-D1COMM@dot.state.fl.us

Expires: 9/5/2025