MAKING A SAFER INTERSTATE 4

Beginning this morning, state transportation workers will begin installing guardrails in the median of a 22 mile stretch of Interstate 4 in Hillsborough County in an effort to bring down the number of fatalities caused in crossover accidents. The guardrails will be installed from 50th Street in Tampa to the Polk County east of Plant City.

The project, expected to cost approximately $7 million dollars, should be completed in about six months. Since the project will be done in the median, the effect on traffic flow should be minimal.

FDOT has previously done similar work along Florida's Turnpike, which has helped to bring the number of crossover fatalities there down.