Open House for the State Road (SR) 607/Emerson Avenue Resurfacing Project

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) invites the community to a Construction Open House both in-person and virtually for the SR 607/Emerson Avenue Resurfacing Project within St. Lucie County.

The Virtual Public Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, December 19, 2024, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Please use the following link to register: https://bit.ly/3zUje4Z. You may also call +1 (914) 614-3221 Access Code: 217-883-866. A brief presentation followed by questions and comments from the public will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and again from 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Questions and comments may be submitted via the online chat or with the raise hand feature for the project team to address directly.

The In-Person Open House is scheduled for Thursday, December 19, 2024, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Lakewood Park Village Hall, 7508 Jennings Way, Fort Pierce, FL 34951, and will have an informal open house format. FDOT staff and consultant staff members will be available to discuss the project and answer questions. If you are not able to join the online session, a recording of it will be posted at https://www.d4fdot.com/tcfdot/index.asp.

The project improvements consist of milling and resurfacing the travel lanes to enhance safety and long-term resiliency, widening the existing 5-foot paved shoulder to 7-feet to enhance safety, constructing sidewalk (varying from 6 to 12 feet in width) along the east side of SR 607/Emerson Avenue from Hibiscus Road to North Road to enhance safety and connectivity for pedestrians, upgrading curb ramps along existing sidewalks to enhance safety and connectivity for pedestrians, installing concrete pads at two existing bus stops along northbound SR 607/Emerson Avenue, located approximately 300 feet south of Hibiscus Road and approximately 100 feet north of Belleair Avenue, to enhance safety, functionality, and long-term resiliency, and upgrading signage and pavement markings to improve safety, functionality, and traffic operations.
Construction will begin in January 2025 at a cost of $6.4 million and is anticipated to be completed in Spring 2026.

Community feedback is at the core of all we do, FDOT works with the public to balance their community vision with the community’s transportation needs. This is routine on all our projects to ensure Florida’s infrastructure is safe, resilient, and efficient for many years into the future.

For more information, contact FDOT Project Manager Josh Baker at (772) 429-4930 or email at Joshua.Baker@dot.state.fl.us.