The Florida Department of Transportation won’t move forward with a proposal to remove the left-center turn lane on Thomasville Road in Midtown.
The agency announced the decision after being inundated by feedback from community members protesting the move.
But plans to resurface the road will continue.
The state Department of Transportation is required to resurface the road, and it will. But officials had also been considering a proposal from the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency.
Blueprint wanted to remove the center left-turn lane and install an eight-foot sidewalk on the west side of Thomasville Road.
Midtown merchants and their supporters said that would cut off access to their businesses.
The Department of Transportation released a statement on Friday saying based on that feedback, the resurfacing is the only part of the project that will move forward. That will require only intermittent road closures at night.
