SR 56 Extension from Meadow Pointe Boulevard to US 301
Owner: FDOT District Seven Location: Pasco County, Florida
This project includes all aspects of the creation of the SR 56 Extension from Meadow Pointe Boulevard to US 301 in Pasco County including the R/W, PD&E re-evaluation, permitting, utility coordination and relocation, design, drainage, and construction. SR 56 will provide an east-west corridor to alleviate traffic on SR 54 with a direct truck route for the industrial development on the Chancey Road Bypass. KCA will design the four-lane divided typical section compatible with the ultimate six-lane section and centered in a 250-foot R/W corridor. The roadway traverses impaired waterbodies as well as the FEMA floodplain. Floodplain modeling using the New River Watershed model minimized the size of the seven floodplain compensation ponds. The 15 stormwater ponds are designed for the ultimate six-lane section. with frontage roads. The project also includes three new signalized intersections at Meadow Pointe Boulevard, Morris Bridge Road, and US 301.
