It’s easy to get frustrated when you’re driving through a construction zone and all you see are orange barricades, construction vehicles and a clearing where trees and vegetation once existed. No one wants to see vegetation and trees be completely decimated by a work zone. That’s where FDOTree comes in. FDOTree is a new initiative…
Lane Avenue (State Road 103) is scheduled to completely close and all traffic will detour in the immediate area of the Beaver Street (U.S. 90) railroad crossing for 10 days beginning Thursday, August 4, at 6 a.m. The road is scheduled to reopen Saturday, August 13, by 6 p.m., weather permitting. A one-mile detour will…
Two new Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) projects have started in Columbia County as two others enter the home stretch. Projects on U.S. 41, near downtown Lake City, and State Road 47 near Interstate 75 have begun in recent weeks, while a major project on U.S. 90 West and another on Baya Drive near completion.…
Across the globe, transportation agencies and car makers are testing smart cars and smart highways – including autonomous cars and trucks that drive themselves. But before any of that technology can work on U.S. highways, major investments in technology and infrastructure have to be made in the form of cameras, video detection devices, variable message…
State highway construction in the Jacksonville metro area reached the $1 billion mark this summer, reflecting an unprecedented level of investment in the region’s infrastructure, according to Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District Secretary Greg Evans. “We are engaged in a major overhaul of the transportation system in the Jacksonville metro area and we can…
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