Alton Road Construction Update

Please note the following and attached Alton Road project information, including the Alton Road Construction update and Alton Road flyover alert. 

At the City Commission meeting, this Wednesday, July 17, 2013, the City Commission will consider three alternative proposals from FDOT for the Alton Road project.  It is important that the community is united in advocacy on this matter. 

Useful links:

Alton Road FDOT Project Information

Alton Road -- Register Now for FDOT e-mail updates

Alton Road Reconstruction Coalition

  

For your safety please walk, drive and ride cautiously around construction zones and do not enter any closed work zones.

Hours of Operation
Work hours are from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., with daytime lane closure hours from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Mondays through Fridays. Nighttime work will be performed when underground drainage or water main activities cross a side street or intersection.

UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES:

Sunday, July 14 through mid-August 2013

Eastbound MacArthur Causeway flyover to northbound Alton Road

Construction Activity

·        Starting the night of Sunday, July 14, the flyover bridge from eastbound MacArthur Causeway to northbound Alton Road will be closed continuously while the contractor rebuilds the bridge approaches and replaces the bridge railing on the flyover.

·        This work is scheduled through mid-August 2013.

·        This closure will allow the contractor to accelerate the schedule of bridge work from six months to approximately 30 days.

Lane Closures/Detours

·        A detour will be established along Alton Road and 5 Street in order to guide drivers around the work.

·        Drivers are encouraged to seek alternate routes.

·        Bus service, business access and pedestrian access will be maintained at all times.

·        Motorists traveling east on the MacArthur Causeway who wish to travel north on Alton Road will have to:

1.      Continue east on 5 Street

2.      Turn north on Alton Road

·        Motorists traveling south on Alton Road who wish to travel east on 5 Street will have to:

1.      Turn east on 8 Street

2.      Turn south on Lenox Avenue

3.      Turn east on 5 Street

·        Motorists will be able to travel south on Alton Road to access westbound MacArthur Causeway.

·        Motorists south of 5 Street who are traveling north on Alton Road and wish to continue north will have to:

1.      Turn east on 4 Street

2.      Turn north on Lenox Avenue

3.      Turn west on 5 Street

4.      Turn north on Alton Road

·        Motorists south of 5 Street who are traveling north on Alton Road and wish to travel west on the MacArthur Causeway will have to:

1.      Turn east on 4 Street

2.      Turn north on Lenox Avenue

3.      Turn west on 5 Street

4.      Continue west on 5 Street to MacArthur Causeway

·        Motorists will not be able to cross east or west on Alton Road at 6 Street.

ONGOING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES:

Monday, July 15 through Friday, July 19
Alton Road from 13 Street to Michigan Avenue (north of 20 Street) Daytime and Nighttime Work

Construction Activity

• Testing and connecting the new water main between 16 Street and 13 Street.

Lane Closures/Detours

• One lane may be closed at night on southbound Alton Road between 16 Street and 13 Street. One lane will remain open at all times.

Through September 2013
Northbound Alton Road will be closed and detoured from north of 17 Street to Michigan Avenue (north of 20 Street). Motorists must follow the established detour route.

Construction Activity

• Excavating the roadway, installing new drainage, sidewalks, driveways, pedestrian ramps, lighting, signals and rebuilding this section of roadway

Lane Closures/Detours

• Alton Road will serve southbound traffic only in this area during this time.
• Northbound Alton Road traffic will be detoured as follows:

1. Turn east on 17 Street
2. Turn north on Meridian Avenue
3. Turn west on Dade Boulevard
4. Turn north on Michigan Avenue
5. Continue north on Alton Road

Pedestrian and business access will be maintained at all times. The construction team will coordinate the closure of driveways; however, at least one entrance will be maintained at all times.

PARKING RESTRICTIONS:

On-street parking has been reopened on the east side of Alton Road from 12 Street to 16 Street. This area has been restriped and placed in its original configuration. The contractor will return to this area at a later time in order to continue roadway and drainage construction activities.

White bags will continue to be used on the west side of Alton Road in this area while the contractor continues to test and place into service the new water main. Motorists will continue to be allowed to park at spaces within the work zone where a white bag covers the meter. White bags will be removed approximately 48 hours before work takes place in order to indicate that parking is no longer permitted in the immediate area.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SCHEDULE MAY CHANGE DUE TO WEATHER OR UNEXPECTED CONDITIONS.

Additional information is available on the project page of the department's website. You may also contact Construction Public Information Specialist Heather Leslie at 305-905-5876 or email her at Heather@hmlpublicoutreach.com. Drivers are encouraged to call 511 before they drive, or log onto www.fl511.com to get real-time traffic and lane closure information.

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