Road projects are off track, leaving drivers frustrated

We were promised several transportation projects would be completed by the holidays, but not all of them appear to be on track.

From construction on the highways to new train services, progress is mixed and drivers are frustrated.

“Traffic backs up on I-95 and creates not just a slowdown but a dangerous situation,” said Mark BegelLauderdale. man, of the construction he encounters by Interstate 95 in Deerfield Beach.

Here is the status of projects that were supposed to be finished before New Year’s Day.

Brightline, the higher speed passenger service that will eventually go from Miami to Orlando, was supposed to begin service between Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach by late 2017. Test runs are underway along that stretch but there is still no official start date.

Quiet zones, created when rail crossings are upgraded so engineers don’t have to blast their horns, were supposed to be in place by now. But freight and Tri-Rail trains still sound their horns. “I am not exaggerating when I say that hundreds of thousands of Florida residents who live near the tracks have no option to move,” said Enrique Bargioni, who lives two blocks from the Florida East Coast Railway tracks in Fort On southbound I-95 in Deerfield Beach, contractors vowed rampwidening work on Exit 41 to Southwest 10th Street would be done. And it looks close. The ramp is now two lanes, and becomes three lanes at the top. Contractors still have to finish an additional right lane between the entrance ramp from Hillsboro Boulevard and the Southwest 10th