FDOT Ocean Drive -- Construction Update

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 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sections of on-street parking will be temporarily closed, as needed, to provide space for work. Area parking garages will remain open during the work.

UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES

The contractor is currently scheduled to move into the next work zone on Collins Avenue between 10 Street and Lincoln Road during the week of August 19. Once the new work zone is established, the current work zone on Collins Avenue between 5 Street and 10 Street will be restored during the following two weeks. When restoration is complete, the on-street parking will be reopened between 5 Street and 10 Street.

ONGOING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES
Monday, August 12 through Friday, August 16
East side of Collins Avenue from 5 Street to 10 Street

Construction Activity

·       Continue excavating for and installing drainage structures from 7 Street to 9 Street

·       Begin removing and replacing sidewalk on the east side of Collins Avenue from 7 Street to 9 Street

Traffic Flow/Restrictions

• Southbound left turns on Collins Avenue may be eliminated at the following locations:

1. 9 Street
2. 7 Street – Access to 7 Street will remain open to northbound traffic and through Washington Avenue.

PARKING RESTRICTIONS
On-street parking will be temporarily closed in this area in order to provide space for work. Valet parking stations have been relocated to side streets within the work zone as follows:

·        Shoe Freak, Ithaca Hotel and Metropole Hotel: valet station is located on 100 block of 6 Street

·        The Hotel of South Beach: valet parking station is located on the 100 block of 8 Street

·        Whitelaw Hotel, Chesterfield Hotel, Hotel Shelley and Lily Hotel: valet station is located on 100 block of 9 Street

·        Blue Moon: valet station is located on 100 block of 10 Street

ONGOING PERMIT WORK:

Monday, August 12 through Friday, August 16
In front of 1400 Collins Avenue

Construction Activity

• The developer for the Walgreens will be closing the sidewalk and parking lane in front of the property to conduct work on the new store.

Lane Closures/Detours

• A pedestrian walk path will be established within the parking lane.
• No travel lanes will be closed for this work.

UPCOMING PERMIT WORK:

Friday, August 16 through Friday, September 6

In front of 1530 Collins Avenue

Construction Activity

·        TECO gas will be closing the sidewalk and one southbound lane in front of the property to relocate current underground utilities.

Lane Closures/Detours

·        The sidewalk and one southbound lane will be closed Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

·        Access to the property will be maintained at all times.

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.