By Kyle Coppola
City of Eustis Gives Update on SR-19 Roadway Construction
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is continuing safety and operational enhancements on State Road (S.R.) 19, from north of Stevens Avenue to County Road 452 in Eustis. The projects involve the resurfacing of the northbound and southbound lanes on State Road (S.R.) 19, known in Eustis as Grove Street and Bay Street. Beginning on October 20, there will be overnight intersection closures along both southbound and northbound S.R. 19, though only one intersection at one time each night.
Daily lane closures for the next week, August 24 – August 30, include:
Lane closures
Day
Daytime on Sunday, August 24th – Friday, Aug. 29th, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.: Motorists should expect overnight rotating right and left lane closures as needed on southbound and northbound State Road (S.R.) 19, for signal work and landscaping.
Night
Overnight on Sunday, August 24th – overnight Friday, Aug. 29, from 9 p.m. to 8 a.m.: Motorists should expect overnight rotating right and left lane closures on northbound State Road (S.R.) 19 (Grove Street), for paving, signal pole installation, signal work, and paving.
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
