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Press Releases

October 28, 2009 - Florida Highway Patrol Offers Ways to Make This Halloween Fun and Safe

October 26, 2009 - Public Hearing - Turnpike Widening from Sawgrass Expressway to Atlantic Avenue Including New Access Location(s) to the Turnpike on October 29, 2009

October 22, 2009 - Seminole Expressway Ramp Work Next Week at Red Bug Lake Road

October 22, 2009 - Florida Tops National Safety Belt Usage Rate for First Times

October 22, 2009 Traffic Operations Newsletter, Volume 13, October 2009

October 20, 2009 Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise to hold public information open house Tuesday, Oct. 20, to discuss proposed widening project and new Turnpike interchange in Miami-Dade County

October 16, 2009 -Florida to Observe National Teen Driver Safety Week
October 19 – 25, 2009

October 09, 2009 -Polk Parkway Work at Old Dixie Highway and Winter Lake Road Ramps Next Week

October 6, 2009 - Florida Department of Transportation’s Office of Motor Carrier Compliance (OMCC) announces participation in Operation Safe Driver, which will take place Sunday, October 18, 2009 through Saturday, October 24, 2009.

October 5, 2009 - FLORIDA SCHOOLS TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WALK TO SCHOOL DAY
ON OCTOBER 7, 2009

September 30, 2009 - WEEKEND CLOSURE on LAKE WORTH ROAD west of FLORIDA’S TURNPIKE

September 25, 2009 - NIGHTIME ROAD CLOSURE on LAKE WORTH near Florida’s Turnpike

September 10, 2009 - Aggressive Enforcement and Education Saves Lives - Florida Highway Patrol releases recent enforcement results

September 10, 2009 - MCCO To Participate in Brake Safety Week/Operation Air Brake Campaign

September 10, 2009 - Northbound Lanes Between Peters Road and North of Sunrise Blvd. to be Widened on Florida’s Turnpike

September 1, 2009 - I-595 Eastbound to Florida’s Turnpike Closed Tonight And Thursday Night

August 20, 2009 - Restoration of Southbound Turnpike On-Ramp at SR 50 Overnight Tonight (1.30MB)

August 20, 2009 - Pinellas Bayway Commuter Pass Renewal Period Begins September 1, 2009

August 14, 2009 - Suncoast Parkway Interchange At Lutz-Lake Fern Road Opens Saturday, August 15.

August 11, 2009 - Two Weekends of Major Lane Reductions at Commercial Boulevard Interchange(Exit 62).

August 7, 2009 - Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise awards $33 million design-build contract for all-electronic tolling conversion project on the Turnpike’s Homestead Extension

August 4, 2009 - Work to Improve Florida’s Turnpike Lake Worth Interchange (Exit 93) to begin August 10

July 30, 2009 - Polk Parkway Work at Waring Road Next Week

July 30, 2009 - Florida Higway Patrol Cracks Down on Aggressive Driving

July 16, 2009 - Polk Parkway Work at Waring Road Next Week

July 13, 2009 - I-595 WESTBOUND RAMP CLOSED to BOTH TURNPIKE’S and US 441’s NORTHBOUND and SOUTHBOUND DRIVER

July 10, 2009 - Pinellas Bayway SunPass® Service Center Closed on Tuesday; East Toll Plaza Work Begins Wednesday

June 3, 2009 - Florida Secretary of Transportation Stephanie Kopelousos today announced that Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, an integral part of the Florida Department of Transportation, has awarded a 30-year Concessions Agreement to operate the fuel, food and retail operations along Florida’s Turnpike.

May 27, 2009 - All Turnpike lanes in Miami-Dade County to close overnight Tuesday, June 2

May 21, 2009 - Westbound Sawgrass Expressway’s Deerfield toll plaza to close overnight Tuesday, May 26

May 18, 2009 - BOTH DIRECTIONS OF FLORIDA’S TURNPIKE CLOSED BETWEEN COMMERCIAL BLVD AND SUNRISE BLVD

May 13, 2009 - ROUTINE BRIDGE MAINTENANCE ON SUNCOAST PARKWAY (Toll 589) AND POLK PARKWAY (Toll 570)

May 11, 2009 - Lane Shift Begins Wednesday at the Pinellas Bayway West Toll Plaza

May 7, 2009 - Florida’s Turnpike to Perform Emergency Asphalt Repair On State Road 50 Overnight

April 28, 2009 - Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise moves forward with all-electronic toll collection conversion projects on the Turnpike’s Homestead Extension in Miami-Dade County

April 24, 2009 - Florida’s largest prepaid electronic toll program turns 10 this week, a decade older and four million customers stronger

April 16, 2009 - Florida’s Turnpike Begins $2 Million Project to Renovate Pinellas Bayway Toll Plazas

April 8, 2009 - U.S. 90 CLOSED AT THE SUWANNEE RIVER

April 1, 2009 - Southbound SunPass-only Entrance Ramp at Commercial Boulevard (Exit 62) Closed for Five Weeks

April 6, 2009 - STATE OF FLORIDA PREPARES FOR NORTH FLORIDA ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOOD CONDITIONS ALONG THE SUWANNEE RIVER

March 3, 2009 - Eastbound Sawgrass Exp. closure rescheduled for March 10-11

March 3, 2009 - The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will host public coordination meetings for the Central Polk Parkway Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study on Tuesday, March 17, and Thursday, March 19

February 18, 2009 - Southbound Florida’s Turnpike to close at night Feb. 23 and Feb. 25 in Miami-Dade County

February 4, 2009 - Northbound Florida’s Turnpike to close at night Feb. 9 and Feb. 11 in Miami-Dade County

January 28, 2009-NO EXIT for NORTHBOUND WIDE LOAD TRUCKS at the COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD TOLL PLAZA (EXIT 62)

January 8, 2009-Turnpike resurfacing work to begin the week of Jan. 11 in Miami-Dade County

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