If you live, or want to live, in Wesley Chapel, Florida you are familiar with SR 54. Particularly the stretch from Curley Road to Meadow Pointe Blvd. They have been working on it for nearly 10 years and it is the worst stretch of road in the area. It would take me 10-20 minutes to drive the 1.3 miles between the lights. As of yesterday though, I can now say it WAS the worst stretch of road as they have opened up the turning lanes at Meadow Pointe and both east and westbound roads are opened (one lane each way) which has greatly alleviated the congestion.
I won't have to plan my trips around the traffic as much anymore. Sometimes I would need to go to Walmart for something but if it was at either lunchtime or school pickup time or getting off work time I would have to seriously consider whether or not I really needed whatever because it meant sitting in the line waiting to get through the light.
They say the entire road from Curley to Zephyrhills will be done by the end of 2023 so that'll be great if it does indeed come to pass.
I made a video of my first trip on the newly opened road yesterday. It might not mean much to you if you haven't lived (drove) through this for so long but it was pretty cool to me! Check it out and also don't forget to SUBSCRIBE while you're there! Have a great day!