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Financial Number: 449283-1-52-01
Project Length: 0.481 miles
Purpose of Project: This project is to address intersection safety improvements, Americans with Disabilities (ADA) improvements, and traffic signal updates at the following intersection locations:
- SR 806/Atlantic Avenue at Homewood Boulevard
- SR 704/Okeechobee Boulevard at Haverhill Road
Public Meeting Workshop: No public information meeting is scheduled for this project.
Projected Letting: March 2025
Anticipated Construction Start: Fall 2025
Anticipated Construction End: Summer 2026
Estimated Construction Cost: $3.5 Million
Scope of Work:
PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS — SR 806/ATLANTIC AVENUE AT HOMEWOOD BOULEVARD
- Improve lighting by installing additional light poles and upgrading the existing lights to LED.
- Replace the existing span wire signal support system with new mast arms.
- Install backplates with yellow retro-reflective borders on all signal heads.
- Replace the existing left turn signals with Flashing Yellow Arrow signals in eastbound and westbound directions.
- Widen Homewood Blvd. to improve eastbound right-turn radius, create a shared thru/left turn lane, add an exclusive right turn lane, and provide 7-foot buffered bike lanes.
- Provide a 2-foot striped offset buffer at the eastbound and westbound left-turn lanes.
PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS — SR 704/OKEECHOBEE BOULEVARD AT HAVERHILL ROAD
- Replace the existing span wire signal support system with new mast arms.
- Install backplates with yellow retro-reflective borders on all signal heads.
- Extend the eastbound dual left-turn lane.
Construction Impacts:
- Two through lanes of traffic will remain open during construction for both the eastbound and westbound directions.
- At least one through lane will remain open in the southbound and northbound direction at all times.
- All work will be done in phases to reduce the impacts of construction on the community.
- Pedestrian traffic will be maintained at all times.
- Access to businesses and residences will be maintained at all times.
Contact Information:
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Jeffrey Robbert, P.E. - FDOT Project Manager
Florida Department of Transportation, District Four
3400 West Commercial Boulevard
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309
- Phone: (954) 777-4648
- Toll Free: (866) 336-8435 Ext. 4648
- Email: Jeffrey.Robbert@dot.state.fl.us
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