Lakeland officials have to decide whether to spend $2.2 million to transform one of the city’s most awkward intersections into a roundabout.
Lakeland commissioners will vote Monday on a proposed $2,207,555 contract with Gibbs & Register Inc. to construct a Five Points Roundabout on the north side of Lake Beulah, using circular logic to solve a multi-pronged traffic issue.
“The intersection improvement project will reduce intersection delays, improve safety and serve as a gateway feature to the Downtown West area,” reads the city’s contract.
The Five Points Roundabout is designed as a single-lane traffic circle where West Main Street, Lemon Street and Sloan Avenue/Bonnet Springs Boulevard meet. It’s just south of George Jenkins Boulevard, adjacent to a CSX railroad bridge.