SR 19 Rehab Project Enters Next Phase

    The SR 19 rehabilitation project running through downtown Umatilla entered a new phase in the past week, as contractors with the Florida Department of Transportation began the process of milling sections of the highway.
   The FDOT is reworking just over 1 mile of SR 19 from Golden Gem Drive in the south to Palmetto Street in the north, with new pavement, new curbing, and improvements at the Bulldog Lane intersection among highlights of the $3 million project.
   Work began several months ago on the project, with underground and surveying projects leading to the curbing projects and the setting of bases for new light poles at Bulldog Lane. The project entered its most visual phase yet last week, with road crews arriving to mill the highway's four traffic and two parking lanes. That work included the laying of new base asphalt. A final layer will be laid in the coming weeks, and the project is due to be completed by later this fall.