SR 70 Widening Project, Okeechobee County

Project # - 3948.001

Condemning Authority - State of Florida

The purpose of this project is to widen SR 70 from 34th Avenue to 80th Avenue, which extends 3.659 miles.  Preliminary engineering for the project is well underway and will be complete in 2008.  Property acquisition is budgeted at over $18 million and will begin in 2009.  Construction is anticipated to begin in 2011 and is budgeted at over $47 million.

For further information regarding this project, call us at 866-339-7242, or visit the project site on the Florida Department of Transportation website at:

http://www2.dot.state.fl.us/programdevelopmentoffice/wp/WPDetail.asp?PGM=WP&WPItem=196904-2&SEL=G&Dist=01&County=XX&Sort=X&Phas=X&WptsysCD=&WKMix=&SISCD=&Print=no