County, FDOT and CSX detail 8‑day full closure at Northlake/Beeline; town urges three weeks' notice and emergency access plan

Mary McNicholas, the town’s government‑relations representative, told the Town Council on July 1 that the town has been coordinating with county, state and CSX officials after learning the railroad crossing work would require a full closure.

County and FDOT project staff said the closure will remove the crossing and rebuild it, that CSX is targeting an eight‑day window, and that officials expect to provide at least three weeks' public notice before the closure.

That notice matter: “We will have at least 3 weeks notice,” McNicholas said. She and other town staff described the town’s written maintenance‑of‑traffic plan and said the goal is to protect residents’ north‑south access through the community during the closure.

Why it matters: the crossing at Northlake Boulevard and Beeline Highway sits on a widening project FDOT is already building. FDOT and CSX said they must remove the rail panels, replace the track bed and ballast and then rebuild the vehicular panels — work CSX says will take a continuous, day‑and‑night effort for about eight days.

What officials told the council

Mel Pollock, senior project engineer with the Accordena Group, said FDOT’s Beeline Highway project will widen the facility to six lanes and replace the Turnpike bridge…