Roadwork To Continue Through July

Motorists who drive State Road 550 regularly may want to jot down July 2009 on their calendar.
That's when the construction project for that stretch of road - from U.S. 19 to Shoal Line Boulevard - is scheduled to be completed, County Engineer Charles Mixson said today.
The lanes will be widened to 12 feet, with a 4-foot paved shoulder. At the same time, a water line along the road is being replaced.
The total cost of the road improvement project - including the water line replacement - is $2.45 million.
The Florida Department of Transportation is contributing $627,000 and the rest is county money.
The county awarded the contract to Goodwin Brothers, a local construction firm.
Meanwhile, Mixson said work on micro-paving roads in the Gulf Ridge Park subdivision has been completed.
Micro-paving is a pavement preservation process that applies a thin asphalt overlay to the roadway surface, which makes the road last longer.
Gulf Ridge Park is located just north of Brooksville, off Fort Dade Avenue.