Sections of the Palmetto Expressway/State Road 826 will be closed during evening hours from Tuesday, Oct. 15 through Monday, Oct. 21.
Southbound motorists will be detoured off the Expressway as the entrance to the southbound express lanes is shifted from Northwest 154 Street to Northwest 103 Street.
New lane markers will be installed and old ones will be removed. Drivers should expect delays.
Once work is completed, southbound drivers on the Palmetto Expressway may take the express lanes and pay a toll or use the non-express lanes for free.
Community Outreach Specialist Maria Camacho of FDOT provided this schedule:
Tuesday, Oct. 15 through Sunday, Oct. 20, 12 a.m. – 6 a.m. All southbound lanes on SR 826/Palmetto Expressway will be closed from Northwest 122 Street/West 68th Street to Northwest 103 Street/West 49 Street. See Map 7.
Friday, Oct. 18 through Saturday, Oct. 19, 12 a.m. – 6 a.m. All southbound lanes on SR 826/Palmetto Expressway will be closed from Northwest 103 Street/West 49 Street to US 27/Okeechobee Road. See Map 9.
A more extensive list of detours and closures on roads leading to and from the Palmetto may be found here: www.826Palmetto.com.
FDOT says to remember:
--Use the designated entrances and exits
--If you accidentally enter the express lanes, remain in them until the next exit
--Driving over express lane markers is illegal, subject to a $179 fine and four points on a driver’s license
--If you have a crash in the express lanes, pull over to the shoulder, dial *FHP (*347) and stay in your vehicle until help arrives.