CAPE CORAL, Fla. – The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) invites you to a public hearing for the Burnt Store Road Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study from Van Buren Parkway to Charlotte County Line in Lee County on January 28th, 2025.

This study will evaluate and document the benefits, costs, and impacts of widening Burnt Store Road from the existing two-lane undivided roadway to four lanes, while accommodating a typical section expandable to six lanes to address the deficient operational capacity and future travel demand projected as a result of area-wide population and employment growth. Also evaluated was the addition of paved shoulders/marked bicycle lanes and shared use paths.

This hearing is being conducted to present the preferred alternative and all analysis to date, as well as to give interested persons an opportunity to express their views concerning the location, conceptual design, and social, economic, and environmental effects of the proposed improvements. You can participate live online or in-person. The information presented during either format will be the same and all attendees will have opportunity to comment.  

Attend the January 28th, 2025 public hearing:

Live Online Option
Register in advance: https://tinyurl.com/BurntStoreRdPH
5:45 p.m. How to submit comments
6 p.m. Formal presentation and comment.
Please review the materials on project webpage before attending: https://www.swflroads.com/project/436928-1
Materials will be posted by January 21st, 2025.

 In-Person Option
Cape Coral Technical College

360 Santa Barbara Boulevard North, Cape Coral, FL 33993
Anytime between 5 – 6 p.m. Open house
6 p.m. Formal presentation and comment

 If you are unable to attend the hearing, comments can also be provided through the project webpage https://www.swflroads.com/project/436928-1 or by email Steven.Andrews@dot.state.fl.us or by mail to FDOT District One, Attn: Steven A. Andrews, 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 February 7th, 2025, to be included in the formal hearing record. All comments are weighted equally. Questions can be answered by calling Steven A. Andrews at (863) 519-2270.

A summary of the hearing will be available on the webpage approximately 30 days following the close of the comment period.

Project documents will be available for public viewing from January 7th, 2025 to February 7th, 2025, at Northwest Regional Library, 519 Chiquita Boulevard North, Cape Coral, FL 33993 and at FDOT District One, Southwest Area Office, 10041 Daniels Parkway, Fort Myers, FL 33913 (by appointment only). They will also be available on the project webpage.

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 hearing.

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.