In-Person: Thursday, January 16, 2025, anytime between 5 – 7 p.m.
Live Online: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from 6 – 7 p.m.

CAPE CORAL, Fla.  ̶ The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) invites you to a Kick-Off Meeting for the SR 78 (Pine Island Road) Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study from Veterans Parkway to US 41 in Lee County.

 This study will evaluate ways to enhance safety conditions, add capacity, and accommodate future traffic demands. Project benefits could include widening SR 78 (Pine Island Road) from a four-lane divided roadway to a six-lane-divided roadway and other improvements such as intersection, drainage, sidewalks, and bicycle lanes. Each alternative will be evaluated for potential effects on the social, cultural, natural, and physical environment.

Throughout this process, FDOT will consider a “no-build” option which assumes no improvements to SR 78 (Pine Island Road) other than routine maintenance. If the study results in the selection of a “build” alternative, the project can proceed to the design phase, during which construction plans are prepared.

The SR 78 (Pine Island Road) Kick-Off Meeting is being conducted to provide an opportunity for the public to express their views and ask questions about the project. The information presented in either format will be the same and all attendees will have the opportunity to comment.  

Attend the public meeting:

In-Person Option

Thursday, January 16, 2025   

Cape Coral Technical College
(Flex Room)

360 Santa Barbara Blvd N

Cape Coral, FL 33993

Anytime between 5 – 7 p.m. The project team will be available for discussion.

Live Online Option
Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/SR78PDEKick-Off

5:45 p.m. How to submit comments
Anytime between 6 – 7 p.m.
This will include a viewing of the project materials and a question-and-answer component with the project team. Please review the materials on the project webpage before attending: https://www.swflroads.com/project/452680-1

Materials will be posted by Thursday, January 16, 2025.

 If you are unable to attend the meeting, comments can also be provided through the project webpage (https://www.swflroads.com/project/452680-1) or by email  David.Turley@dot.state.fl.us or by mail to FDOT District One, Attn: David C. Turley, P.E., Project Manager, MS 1-40, 801 N. Broadway Ave., Bartow, FL 33830. While comments about the project are accepted at any time, they must be received or postmarked by January 31, 2025, to be included in the formal meeting record. All comments are weighted equally. Questions can be answered by calling the FDOT project manager David C. Turley, P.E. at (863) 519-2255.

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 public meeting.

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.