PROJECT NEWS

About 130 Attend CFX Pre-Construction Community Open House

September 2014

Nearly 130 people attended the Central Florida Expressway Authority's pre-construction Community Open House on Sept. 25, 2014 for the agency’s first section of the Wekiva Parkway (State Road 429). Sections 1A and 1B (429-202 & 429-203) are to be built from near US Highway 441 near Plymouth Sorrento Road to north of Kelly Park Road. 

 

Those attending the meeting at Apopka High School were able to view a drive-through animation of construction of the first two sections, the latest project maps and aesthetics exhibits,  and a narrated PowerPoint presentation. CFX and consultant design staff were on hand to answer questions on topics that included parkway elevations, access points, proximity and impacts to property owners, as well as adjacent sidestreet and other improvement needs.
 
Among those attending were: Orange County Commissioner Fred Brummer; City of Apopka Engineer and Community Development Director Jay Davoll, Public Services Director John Jreij and Senior Designer Vladimir Simonovski; Lake County Public Works Director Jim Stivender; Seminole County Manager - Office of Organizational Development Steve Fussell (County Manager's Office); Hugh Harling, Executive Director of the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council; Wekiva River Basin State Parks Manager Robert Brooks; and, Brian and Linda Burns of the Orange County Public School District.
 

Citizens submitted several comment forms, including via an electronic comment form station. 

 

Photo Gallery Pre-Construction Open House September 2014

 

To view the open house exhibits, click here.