ORLANDO, Fla. — Even with the news that the "I-4 Ultimate" project is several months behind schedule, it’s still business as usual with new closures being announced all the time. 

Starting Friday night and a little farther south, a portion of New Hampshire Street will be close underneath I-4 from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. for bridge work. 

These closures will take place nightly until Tuesday. The detour route has you driving around the closure by using Formosa Avenue, Princeton Street and Orange Avenue.

Finally, Ivanhoe Boulevard will also be closing from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. starting Monday through Wednesday. The closures are necessary for bridge work, I-4 Ultimate officials said. That also means that the westbound exit ramp to Ivanhoe Boulevard will be closed. 

For those of you on I-4 westbound, you will have to exit onto Colonial Drive and take either Edgewater Drive and Lakewood Avenue to get back to Ivanhoe Boulevard or Magnolia Avenue to the east.

Elsewhere, one direction of State Road 408 over I-4 overnight will close during the nights of May 13-16. Eastbound S.R. 408 over I-4 will close from 12 a.m. to 5 a.m. on May 13 and 14, along with the I-4 exit ramps to S.R. 408 and the eastbound S.R. 408 exit ramp to eastbound I-4.

Westbound S.R. 408 over I-4 will close from 12 a.m. to 5 a.m. on May 15 and 16 along with the westbound S.R. 408 exit ramp to westbound I-4.

These closures are necessary for continued work on the new flyover ramps connecting the toll road and I-4, transportation officials said.

Behind schedule

Contractors say they need nine more months and another $100 million to finish the massive interstate makeover. 

The Florida Dept. of Transportation’s contract gave developers until the end of 2021 to complete the $2.3 billion project.

Contractors say the 266 day-delay is because of forced redesigns, adding toll plazas, and Hurricane Irma.

Steve Olson with FDOT told Spectrum News in a statement that details the contractors laid out in the report are subject to discussion.

“…Currently no time extensions or financial considerations have being granted. However the department is in the process of reviewing these claims,” he said.

It is not known at this point if the delays will impact each phase of the project or just specific sections.

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