UPDATE: Lake Buffum Road West to Reopen Tomorrow Morning
Bartow, Fla. (January 30, 2019) — Lake Buffum Road West in unincorporated Fort Meade will reopen mid-morning tomorrow after being closed for nearly a week for emergency repairs needed to correct a pair of voids that formed around a stormwater cross drain beneath the pavement just north of the intersection with Mills Road and Minor Road. In the meantime, through-traffic continues to be detoured at Lake Buffum Road North and Lake Buffum Road South. For more information, call the Polk County Roads & Drainage Division at (863) 535-2200.