Court Street in Downtown Clearwater To Close for Two Weeks

Published on December 09, 2025

Crews will replace failing sanitary sewer manholes that are directly under the roadway.

Three of four lanes of westbound traffic of Court Street will close to traffic starting Jan. 20, for approximately two weeks. Lane closures begin at the intersection of Court Street and South Prospect Avenue and go through South Garden Avenue. The closure is necessary to repair and replace various failing sanitary sewer manholes that are directly under Court Street. See the attached map for details.

City contractors will be working 24-hours a day and will work weekends to try to complete the project as soon as possible. The repairs involve installing a sanitary sewer bypass main and fully rebuilding the sewer infrastructure.

Only one lane of westbound traffic on Court Street will be open during construction. Motorists traveling to the downtown core and toward Clearwater Beach can expect heavy traffic congestion and long wait times during peak hours each day throughout the closure.

Motorists are encouraged to use alternative routes to access Downtown Clearwater and Clearwater Beach, including Drew Street, Fort Harrison Avenue, and West Bay Drive/Belleair Causeway.

Variable message boards will warn drivers as they approach the closed roadway and to direct traffic around the construction. Please follow posted detour signs and watch for pedestrian traffic, especially around the Pinellas Trail.

Crews will work hard and make every effort to complete this work on schedule and to get this corridor reopened as quickly as possible. Construction is expected to be finished in two weeks, pending construction or weather delays.