Beachside construction in Brevard: what's being built and when it's supposed to finish

By Space Coast Wire Staff. Dates below are each agency's own estimates as posted on Nov. 12, 2026, and they can change with weather or funding. Where an agency has not posted a finish date, we say so.

If every beach town seems to have orange barrels right now, that's because the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is working on A1A and South Patrick Drive, Brevard County is rebuilding drainage in north Indialantic, and the Army Corps of Engineers is due back on the sand in Melbourne Beach this winter. Here's the rundown, north to south.

Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island approaches

• A1A repaving, SR 520 to George King Boulevard, plus a pedestrian beacon at City Hall (FDOT 452688-1 and 452688-2). Both go to bid Dec. 2, 2026, and the city says repaving starts in March 2027. No published completion date. (FDOT repaving, FDOT beacon, City of Cape Canaveral)
• A1A at International Drive and North Atlantic Avenue (FDOT 430202-5). International Drive will be realigned into a new signalized intersection. Letting is set for April 28, 2027. No published completion date. (FDOT)
• Fillmore Avenue rebuild (city). New utility lines and pedestrian upgrades from A1A to the beach. Work began Aug. 3, and the city's schedule runs through Aug. 2, 2027. The Fillmore beach end parking lot stays closed until then. (City of Cape Canaveral)
• Magnolia and Orange avenues stormwater (city). The city's tentative timeline ends with completion in March or April 2028. (City of Cape Canaveral)
• Compass Hotel by Margaritaville. A 150-room hotel near Port Canaveral's cruise terminals. The hotel's website says it opens in late 2027. (Compass Hotel)
• SR 528 (Beachline) repaving, west of Sykes Creek to SR 401 (FDOT 452685-1). Letting Dec. 2, 2026. No published completion date. FDOT's separate plan to widen SR 528 to six lanes has no construction funding yet. (FDOT repaving, FDOT widening, west section, FDOT widening, east section)
• Christa McAuliffe Bridge rehab, SR 3 (Courtenay Parkway) (FDOT 451718-1). New controls, cables and safety gates on the Merritt Island drawbridge. Estimated completion: early 2027. (FDOT)

Cocoa Beach

• Westin Cocoa Beach Resort & Spa, 1300 N. Atlantic Ave. Marriott's page for the 502-room resort says it opens summer 2027. (Marriott)
• Minutemen Causeway shoreline (city). Surveys for the Phase 2 erosion project ran this summer, and it is still in planning. No published completion date. (City of Cocoa Beach, June 22)

Satellite Beach and Indian Harbour Beach

• South Patrick Drive repaving, Eau Gallie Boulevard to Patrick SFB (FDOT 448792-1). Repaving, bike lanes and rebuilt sidewalks over 5.2 miles. Estimated completion: early 2027. (FDOT)
• A1A west-side sidewalk, Golden Beach Boulevard to Volunteer Way (FDOT 437939-1). Estimated completion: early 2027. (FDOT)
• Jackson Avenue streetscape (Satellite Beach). New sidewalks, bioswales and landscaping. The city lists it as a 2026 project but has posted no specific completion date. (City of Satellite Beach)
• Coming later: a pedestrian beacon on A1A north of Atlantic Boulevard (letting Oct. 27, 2027) and a raised median and new crossings on Eau Gallie Boulevard between South Patrick Drive and A1A (letting March 29, 2028). (FDOT 449296-1, FDOT 454893-1)

Indialantic and Melbourne Beach

• A1A repaving, Oak Street to U.S. 192 (FDOT 450627-1 and 450627-2). Three miles of repaving, a rebuilt Oak Street signal and sidewalk upgrades. Estimated completion: early 2027, per FDOT's page updated Nov. 12. (In late October, FDOT's listing showed spring 2027, according to our Construction Watch tracker.) (FDOT, FDOT signal)
• A1A crosswalks at Watson Drive and Coral Way (FDOT 992300-1). Delayed by beacon equipment shortages and a design change. FDOT's revised timeline is blank. No published completion date. (FDOT)
• N. Riverside Drive drainage, Coral Way to Sand Dollar Canal (Brevard County). Closed since Aug. 25 for a $2.38 million drainage rebuild. The county expects one-way traffic late this year (its timeline says November, its FAQ early December), full reopening in June 2027 and completion in July 2027. (Brevard County, City of Melbourne)

The beach itself

• South Reach renourishment, Flug Avenue to Spessard Holland Park (Army Corps). The schedule has slipped. The Corps said in February the work would finish before April 30, 2026. The county says contractor Dutra Group missed that window because of equipment problems, and the work is now expected between November 2026 and March 2027. (Brevard County, Army Corps, Feb. 4)
• South Beaches dunes, south of Spessard Holland (county). Sand placement is done. More sea oats may be planted in early 2027, depending on conditions. (Brevard County)
• Mid Reach, Patrick SFB to Indialantic. The county says no new sand is expected there, or in the North Reach, in 2026. After October's king tides cut sand cliffs up to 14 feet, county officials said they had urged the Corps to plan new sand for the narrowest areas as early as December 2027, a best case that depends on a federal budget, not a confirmed date. (WFTV via Yahoo News)

Recently finished

FDOT lists the Pineda Causeway repaving and A1A safety work in Melbourne Beach as complete. (FDOT Pineda, FDOT A1A)

For live lane closures, see The Space Coast Wire's Construction Watch or FL511.