The Florida Department of Transportation (DOT) has started a $43 million construction project to expand a stretch of Interstate 10 to six lanes, reports Pensacola News Journal.

The project is expected to be completed by the fall of 2016.

The project will add additional lighting, storm retention ponds, sound walls and two new lanes to the interstate between the Escambia Bay bridge and the Davis Highway interchange, the newspaper reports.

The project will also improve the section of Scenic Highway between Whisper Way and Northpointe Parkway by replacing the Scenic Highway overpass, repaving the driveways of some adjacent businesses and adding lighting, sidewalks and a bicycle lane, according to the newspaper.

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