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This virtual public hearing is conducted to afford affected property and business owners, interested persons and organizations the opportunity to provide comments to FDOT regarding proposed median changes and openings for the State Road (SR) 52 realignment from Urdaco Place to west of Fort King Road, FPN: 435142-1, Pasco County. The realignment of SR 52 is proposed as a new four-lane urban divided roadway within Pasco County, Florida, that will serve as an additional east-west route in the regional transportation network. Existing SR 52 will be widened from Uradco Place, east, to the approximate location of the Piney Grove Baptist Church. At that point, the four-lane divided roadway will be constructed on new alignment, south of existing SR 52, to Curley Road (County Road [CR] 577). At Curley Road, the alignment continues east along McCabe Road, as a four-lane divided facility, for approximately 1.4 miles. The roadway then transitions north, on new alignment to avoid Williams Cemetery, and aligns with existing Clinton Avenue at Prospect Road (CR 579A). The alignment will widen existing Clinton Avenue to a four-lane divided facility from Prospect Road to Fort King Road. Upon construction of the roadway, it will be designated SR 52. Existing SR 52 from just east of Bayou Branch Canal to US 301 will become CR 52, under the jurisdiction of Pasco County.
This VPH is held pursuant to Chapters 120, 335.18, and 335.199, Florida Statutes. FDOT, District Seven, will receive verbal and written comments online and at each of the VPH viewing locations. Written comments not received at the hearing can be emailed to: tana.schultz@dot.state.fl.us or mailed to: Tana Johnston-Schultz, P.E., Project Manager, FDOT, District Seven, 11201 N. McKinley Drive, MS 7-600, Tampa, FL 33612. All comments must be emailed or postmarked by February 23, 2018 to become part of the official VPH record. Participation via webinar is also considered part of the official VPH record.