A new Polk County sidewalk project requiring extensive drainage installations will close North Chestnut Road in Lakeland from Butler Drive south to Yeats Street for three months beginning Monday, December 18.
Through traffic will detour along West Memorial Boulevard or New Tampa Highway to Wabash Avenue to avoid the work zone. The project will extend the existing sidewalk along the east side of North Chestnut Road from Butler Drive to Yeats Street. Future phases will continue to build new sidewalks to New Tampa Highway. North Chestnut Road is scheduled to reopen in mid-March 2024, and all work should be finished by mid-May 2024. Motorists can expect travel delays, particularly during morning and afternoon peak-hour drivetimes. Commuters should drive carefully and add a few extra minutes to trips through this area.