SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Drivers and residents near State Road 417 in Seminole County should prepare for increased construction noise as loud pile driving operations continue near Winter Springs Boulevard.
The Florida Department of Transportation scheduled the noisy construction work to take place between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. through Feb. 6.
The pile driving activity is part of a larger project to widen S.R. 417 from Aloma Avenue to S.R. 434.
According to FDOT, the $300 million project will widen S.R. 417 from four to eight lanes between Aloma Avenue/S.R. 426 and north of S.R. 434 in Seminole County. The work includes improvements at key interchanges in Oviedo and Winter Springs including:
- State Road 434
- Red Bug Lake Road
- Aloma Avenue
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“It impacts our children, our special needs adults we have here in this community, our elderly, our pets are affected,” Nydia Torres told News 6. “Even down the road on Winter Springs Boulevard you get neighbors commenting, ‘How do you put up with that noise?’ People ask you about it.”
Motorists in the area will encounter both lane closures and construction noise during this phase of the project.
For more information about the SR-417 widening project, drivers can visit FDOT’s website or call 511 for real-time traffic updates.