A portion of State Road 33 that still looks like a two-lane country road is about to be reconstructed to accommodate nearly two decades of growth that includes Florida Polytechnic University, the Bridgewater community and a mushrooming of warehouses.
The roadway will be four-laned between Old Combee Road and Firstpark Boulevard South (see map below) with 10-foot multi-use trails, a roundabout at Combee Road, noise walls and lighting.
When finished, the speed limit will be reduced from 60 to 45, “and it will greatly improve mobility and safety in this entire rapidly growing area,” said Chuck Barmby, the city of Lakeland’s business development and transportation manager…