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Intersection of State Road 29 and Oil Well Road in Immokalee, where drivers said car crashes are an issue – Photo by WINK News from Google Maps. Helping business and the community grow, a better evacuation route and decreasing truck traffic will help improve State Road 29 in Immokalee. People WINK News spoke to said the local roadway needs needs to be widened and better patrolled because they said crashes are far too common. A Florida Department of Transportation project will update parts of SR 29 in Immokalee to prevent car crashes, WINK News reports Thursday. “There was a fatal accident up here where a woman and her 7-year-old kid were killed,” Cougar McBride. “Rest in peace, but the cars on both sides of the highway were backed up for about five miles.” Other drivers said it is because the roadway lacks lights and speed limit signs. “You got to be very careful,” Aldo Fernandez said. “You can get into accidents. Like I said, I think they need to widen the road and fix it yes.” Both Fernandez and McBride feel the car crashes on SR 29 mainly happen near Oil Well Road and hope FDOT does something about it soon. “I just think the amount of money it would take to fix this roadway effectively, you’d have to turn this thing into a freeway,” McBride said. Not a freeway exactly, but FDOT is looking to make changes to the roadway including going from two lanes to four, adding bike lanes, a few medians and better lighting. There is a meeting at CareerSource Southwest Florida to discuss a project to update SR 29 in Immokalee 5 to 7 p.m., today, Thursday. The meeting at CareerSource is open to the public to voice concerns as well as learn more about the project. Fernadez believes it is a good step in the right direction. “Yes, and I believe they need to still widen the road and again put more lights,” Fernandez said. “You have to still be careful.”