The long awaited traffic circle at Coral Way and Segovia Street, state work to improve drainage along Red Road and the force main sewer pipe replacement along Old Cutler Road will cause some delays and detours for drivers in Coral Gables for at least the next couple of weeks -- and in one case through the end of the year.

The Segovia Street circle is just the first of many proposed enhancements -- which include bicycle lanes and a median -- for that important north-south corridor.

Several streets have already been closed around Coral Way and Segovia Street just east of downtown Coral Gables while workers construct a roundabout at the intersection, scheduled to be completed in mid-December, city officials said.

The following streets will remain closed during construction: Coral Way and North Greenway Drive at Segovia Street and Segovia Street at Coral Way and Biltmore Way.

Signs just outside the construction zone will mark detour routes for drivers, they said.

For the next two weeks, workers will be preparing the site for the base of the roundabout, pouring concrete for the curbs, continuing the removal of traffic signal equipment and the installation of electrical conductors.

Part of the $700,000 project -- funded all or mostly from road impact fees -- will also include improving the existing drainage system and the installation of street lighting and landscaping.

There will be other road improvements on Segovia Street -- an important residential thoroughfare that connects Bird Road to Coral Way and Alhambra Circle -- planned for the next year as part of the city's capital improvement program.

The projects will not only improve traffic but also beautify the wide corridor, Gables City Manager David Brown said.

Beginning next month, workers will start to realign the Segovia Circle at Alhambra Circle to make traffic run smoother.

This project will include the resurfacing of both Segovia Circle and Segovia Street plus the reconstruction of existing drainage.

Segovia Street will also be widened to provide for four-foot bicycle lanes. Funding for this project, scheduled to be completed in December, comes from the street improvement program at a cost of $20,000, city officials said.

Construction on a second roundabout on Segovia at Biltmore Way is scheduled to begin next May and be completed by August.

The $350,000 project -- also coming from road impact fees -- will include not only the construction of asphalt pavement, sidewalk, curb and gutter, but also the reconstruction of the existing drainage system and landscaping.

After that is completed, workers will start construction of the 16-foot landscaped median in September, officials said. That project -- funded with another $600,000 in road impact fees -- is scheduled to be completed at the end of next year.

• More immediately, there will be detours each weekend this month along Red Road from Coral Way to Southwest 22nd Street as crews with the Florida Department of Transportation work to improve drainage on the east side of Red Road and restripe the roadway. Red Road and the sidewalk will be closed in that area and only local traffic will be allowed from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 11 through Oct. 26.

Drivers along Old Cutler Road might also find some congestion due to intermittent single lane closures so workers can continue the sewer pipe replacement in the area of Snapper Creek Drive.

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