Lanes To Be Shifted As State Road 54 Widening Project Continues

WESLEY CHAPEL, FL — Eastbound State Road 54 traffic will be shifted to a new roadway alignment on the south side of the highway corridor from east of Curley Road to Lake Crystal Boulevard between 10 p.m. Monday, April 3, and 6 a.m. Tuesday, April 4.

This will result in eastbound and westbound traffic being divided by a median through this section of SR 54.

Traffic will remain single lane in each direction until additional construction is completed to open additional lanes in late summer or early fall.

With the traffic shift, right turn lanes will open from eastbound SR 54 to Meadow Pointe Boulevard and Foxwood Boulevard, along with a right turn lane from Meadow Pointe Boulevard onto eastbound SR 54.

The combination of the traffic shift and new turn lanes should improve traffic flow in this area of SR 54 and on Meadow Pointe Boulevard, said Florida Department of Transportation officials.

The traffic switch will eliminate left turns from and to SR 54 at driveways and many side streets (they will be right in, right out turns only) including:

• Wesley Chapel Loop
• Smith Road
• Foxwood Boulevard
• Ronnoch Boulevard
• Billmar Road
• Fox Ridge Boulevard
• Ashton Oaks Boulevard
• Linda Drive
• Lado Drive
• Brook Manor Drive
• New River Library Driveway
• Mowrey Road
• Point Cypress Boulevard
• Home Depot driveway
• McDonald's driveway
• Ball Avenue
• former CVS driveway
• 7-Eleven driveway

Drivers are reminded to be aware of the changes and workers as construction continues.

Construction of the 4.5-mile widening project east of Curley Road to east of Morris Bridge Road began in November 2017. The cost of the project is $42.8 million.