Aug18
For a while now, crazy situations, hunger pangs and frustrating hours behind the wheel have been making life slightly miserable for Florida commuter Joe Panyanouvong. The attorney who regularly makes the 84-mile journey between Orlando and Tampa on Interstate 4 is ready for a solution. Read more »
Aug16
The Seminole County has approved a plan that would outsource control over a major road construction project.
The Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority will design, construct and then place tolls on the Wekiva Parkway.
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Jul28
Metro Orlando’s main road-building agency is expected to approve today the first steps toward building the final leg of a long-sought Central Florida beltway.
The board likely will decide today to borrow $300 million to start design of that missing link, called the Wekiva Parkway, as well as to widen the area’s most popular toll road. Read more »
Jun17
Taking a calculated risk that Florida’s economy will be stronger in years ahead, Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed the Legislature’s ill-advised hijacking of transportation funds.
The move will save construction jobs and probably keep some construction companies out of bankruptcy, at a time of unprecedented hardship for the building industry. Read more »
May27
Florida has received $66.6 million in federal grant funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to develop a brand new high speed rail system between Orlando and Tampa. Nearly $80 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grants to Florida and four other states for high speed rail development were announced today by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood at a regional leadership conference in central Florida. Florida’s first funding installment is part of the $1.25 billion grant to the state announced by the Administration in January. Read more »
May24
Metro Orlando’s road-building agency asked Lake and Seminole counties six months ago for permission to construct a tolled highway in their jurisdictions.
The Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority is still waiting for a reply. Read more »
Apr21
Dwindling state tax dollars are postponing or scrapping nearly $119 million worth of road improvements in Central Florida, including extra lanes to a stretch of traffic-clogged Interstate 4 through downtown Orlando.
But the planned $1.2 billion SunRail commuter train remains on schedule. Read more »