This project was accepted on Friday, September 14, 2018. 

The Florida Department of Transportation's contractor, Cone & Graham, Inc. is making safety improvements to two locations on Alt. US 19 in Pinellas County. 

Improvements include: 

• addition of a northbound right turn lane onto Meres Boulevard and  bike lane through this intersection
• addition of new sidewalk and crosswalk along the west side of the roadway between Oscar Hill Road and Dixie Highway
• addition of a mid-block pedestrian crosswalk with flashing lights Between Fulton Street and Dixie Highway

Motorists should expect daylight and nighttime lane closures. 

The $613,923 project is expected to finish in the fall of 2018.