The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office will be paying special attention to traffic enforcement at several locations starting Monday and continuing through New Year’s Day. Deputies will concentrate on speed enforcement along the entire length of Gasparilla Road in Englewood and on Flamingo Boulevard between Hillsborough Boulevard and Tamiami Trail in Port Charlotte. Traffic light enforcement will be the focus at South McCall Road and Gasparilla Road in Englewood and at Tamiami Trail and Toledo Blade Boulevard in Port Charlotte. According to the Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles, Charlotte County has 28 vehicle deaths so far this year; there were 21 deaths this same time last year.
