TAMPA, Fla. — Drivers who make their way along Polk Street in downtown Tampa will be dealing with road closures for at least this week. The closure comes as CSX repairs railroad tracks in the area.
Tampa Street at Polk Street will be closed for five days for the CSX repairs. Drivers that use that route will detour around the work zone using Cass Street, Ashley Drive and Zack Street.
Officials said drivers should use alternate routes from I-275 to get onto downtown Tampa streets. The Florida Department of Transportation said electronic message boards and detour signs will be up in the area.
"It's going to be a little bit crazy as far as parking goes because there's very little parking as it is, and now they took away quite a bit, so extra walking for me this week," said Danielle Abell.
ABC Action News heard from some people who either live nearby or drive through the area often. Some anticipate traffic to be bad, while others understand the work has to get done.
"It's not ideal, but I'm all in favor of maintaining our infrastructure, so whatever they need to do, if this is what they need to do, then I'll work around it," said Jay Rao.
FDOT said drivers should expect more traffic and longer wait times until the repairs are completed.
Pedestrian access in the area will not be interrupted by the repairs.
