FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Randy Cerchie, Lee County Department of Transportation
               (239) 479-8573

CYPRESS LAKE DRIVE WESTBOUND CLOSING SUN. NIGHT TO MON. MORNING

FORT MYERS, Fla. (November 13, 2003) - Cypress Lake Drive will be closed to westbound traffic just west of Summerlin Road beginning 10pm Sun. night (Nov. 16) to 6am Mon. morning (Nov. 17) for utility installations. Eastbound traffic will not be affected.

A waterline will be installed from the median to the north side of Cypress Lake about 300 feet west of Summerlin. That is where the road will be severed. That's the only work zone that evening. All of Cypress Lake will be open except at that very location. Therefore, westbound traffic approaching Summerlin on Cypress Lake will have to go north or south on Summerlin, and traffic on Summerlin will not be able to turn west onto Cypress Lake.

There also will be nighttime (10pm - 6am) closures on Cypress Lake in the westbound direction Monday (Nov. 17) and Tuesday (Nov. 18), however traffic will be reduced to one lane westbound on these subsequent operations and not completely closed.