Edgewater Drive
Phase II Design
Project
Information
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Edgewater
Drive currently extends from the Flamingo
Boulevard (western terminus) to Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41, eastern
terminus)
approximately six (6) miles. The proposed Edgewater Drive Design, Phase
II
project would extend eastward from Midway Boulevard to Harbor
Boulevard; a
distance of approximately two (2) miles.
Edgewater Drive is an important part of the Charlotte County roadway
system providing
access for local residents to U.S. 41 and to countywide residents. In
addition
to its
importance as a part of the County roadway system, Edgewater Drive
serves as a
key hurricane evacuation route. As one of the fastest growing counties
in the
state, traffic volumes in Charlotte County are expected to increase
dramatically
in the coming decades. The improvements to Edgewater Drive will provide
valuable and needed additional traffic capacity to meet these future
local
traffic demands.
Edgewater Drive from Gardner Drive to Harbor Boulevard was initially
constructed as a 4-lane grassed median roadway in the late 1960’s. The section from Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41) to
Gardner Drive was later widened from 2-lanes to 4-lanes.
The current project will extend the
improvements westward from Harbor Boulevard to Midway Boulevard. These improvements will include bridge
replacements along Edgewater Boulevard at the Sunrise Waterway, East
Spring
Lake Waterway, and West Spring Lake Waterway. The
Phase II improvements will be paid for with funds accumulated from the
one-cent
penny sales tax approved in 2008.
In
October of 2009, The Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners
contracted with Southwest Engineering &
Design,
Inc. (SED) to prepare construction plans for the extension of
Edgewater
Boulevard from Midway Boulevard to Harbor Boulevard. Preliminary
alignments, roadway
sections and
bridge were
presented to the Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners for
approval in December of 2009. SED has made 60% design submissions to
the Charlotte County Public Works for review on July 31, 2010, and to
Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) on September 7,
2010. SED has also submitted 90% Design Plans to Charlotte County
Public Works for review on October 14, 2011
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