The Florida Department of Transportation was scheduled to begin work April 21 on a three-month project on State Road 64/Manatee Avenue West from the Perico Bay Club to Palma Sola Boulevard.
Crews will be resurfacing the roadway, making sidewalk and drainage improvements and installing new signage and pavement markings.
Motorists can expect overnight lane closures and a flagging operation 6 p.m.-8 a.m. on the Palma Sola Causeway-Manatee Avenue. The project is expected to finish in late July.
The Florida Department of Transportation was to hold a public information meeting after press time for The Islander on the upcoming Cortez Bridge repair project 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, at Kirkwood Presbyterian Church, 6101 Cortez Road W., Bradenton.
A DOT press release said the $4 million maintenance and repair project will begin April 28.
The workshop is to provide area residents with information on how long the repair project will last and any related closings of the bridge to vehicular traffic. Lane closures will be conducted 9 p.m.-5 a.m. weekdays, and any bascule repairs will be 2-3 a.m. weekdays, the DOT said.
The DOT said the Cortez Bridge repairs should be completed by early 2015.
For more information on the meeting, contact Brian Bollas at 727-946-1869 or Robin Stublen at 800-292-3368.