(APOPKA, FL) - Beginning Wednesday, February 24, 2016 crews are scheduled to intermittently stop traffic on Ponkan Road just west of Plymouth Sorrento Road as part of building the Wekiva Parkway (State Road 429).  An off-duty officer will periodically hold up traffic between 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. to allow a large number of trucks hauling dirt to cross the roadway. This operation will run through Friday, February 26, 2016.

Electronic message boards will be posted to alert drivers. Bad weather or other unforeseen circumstances could delay or prolong work. Motorists are urged to use caution in the construction area for their safety and that of the work crews.

This work is part of the Central Florida Expressway’s $56 million project to build the Wekiva Parkway from where SR 429 ends near US 441 to Ponkan Road. Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River. 

APOPKA – Drivers should be alert for lane closures and detours on the Connector Road to State Road 429 (Daniel Webster Western Beltway) near US 441 at night on February 17-18. The closures are scheduled from 9 p.m. – 6 a.m. to allow crews to move barrier wall and complete other work as part of building the Wekiva Parkway.

This work will require closing the SR 429 northbound left-turn lanes at the Connector Road. The SR 429 northbound right-turn lane onto the Connector Road will remain open to get to Plymouth Sorrento Road.

No through traffic will be allowed on the Connector Road at SR 429 during this operation. Traffic on Plymouth Sorrento Road wishing to go south on SR 429 will need to turn right onto US 441, and then turn right onto the Connector Road to access the southbound SR 429 ramp.

Electronic message boards and other signs will be in place to assist motorists with the detour. Law enforcement officers also will be on site.

Bad weather or other unforeseen circumstances could delay or prolong work. Motorists are urged to use caution in the construction area for their safety and that of the work crews.

This work is part of the Central Florida Expressway Authority’s $56 million project to build the Wekiva Parkway from where the SR 429 currently ends at the Connector Road to just north of Ponkan Road. Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River.

APOPKA, FL _ Crews building the Wekiva Parkway (State Road 429) are scheduled to install bridge beams across Southfork Drive beginning Monday night, February 8, through Thursday night, February 11. The work from approximately 10 p.m. – 2 a.m. will include periodic traffic stoppages on this side street to raise and place the beams. 

Access to emergency services will be maintained. Bad weather or other unforeseen circumstances could delay or prolong work. Motorists are urged to use caution in the construction area for their safety and that of the work crews.

This work is part of the Central Florida Expressway Authority’s $56 million project to build the Wekiva Parkway from where SR 429 ends near US 441 to Ponkan Road. Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River.

(APOPKA, FL) – Traffic on the Connector Road to State Road 429 (Daniel Webster Western Beltway) near US 441 will be temporarily stopped tonight, January 14, 2016. The traffic stoppage, scheduled between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m., is needed to relocate a large construction crane.

During the traffic stoppage, access will remain from US 441 to the southbound ramp to SR 429, and from northbound SR 429 to Plymouth Sorrento Road. All other traffic will be detoured along Plymouth Sorrento Road and US 441.

Bad weather or other unforeseen circumstances could delay or prolong work. Motorists are urged to use caution in the construction area for their safety and that of the work crews.

This work is part of the Central Florida Expressway Authority’s $56 million project to build the Wekiva Parkway from where the SR 429 currently ends at the Connector Road to just north of Ponkan Road. Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River.

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(APOPKA, FL) _ On Monday, January 4, 2016 crews are scheduled to close one lane of the northbound State Road 429 off ramp to Connector Road, just west of Plymouth Sorrento Road. The lane closure from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. will allow crews to relocate barrier wall as part of building the Wekiva Parkway.

Electronic message boards will be posted to alert drivers. Bad weather or other unforeseen circumstances could delay or prolong work. Motorists are urged to use caution in the construction area for their safety and that of the work crews.

This work is part of the Central Florida Expressway Authority’s $56 million project to build the Wekiva Parkway from where SR 429 ends near US 441 to Ponkan Road. Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River.

APOPKA _ Beginning Tuesday, November 17, 2015 crews are scheduled to intermittently stop traffic on Kelly Park Road just west of Plymouth Sorrento Road as part of building the Wekiva Parkway (State Road 429).  Flaggers over the coming weeks will temporarily hold up traffic from 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. to allow large numbers of trucks hauling dirt to cross the side street.

Electronic message boards will be posted to alert drivers. Bad weather or other unforeseen circumstances could delay or prolong work. Motorists are urged to use caution in the construction area for their safety and that of the work crews.

This work is part of the Central Florida Expressway’s $46.6 million project to build the Wekiva Parkway from Ponkan Road to a planned interchange at Kelly Park Road. Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River. 

(APOPKA, FL) – Traffic on the Connector Road to State Road 429 (Daniel Webster Western Beltway) near US 441 will be temporarily stopped early in the morning on Monday, November 2, 2015. The traffic stoppage, scheduled from 2 a.m. - 4 a.m., is needed to relocate a large construction crane.

During the traffic stoppage, access will remain from US 441 to the southbound ramp to SR 429, and from northbound SR 429 to Plymouth Sorrento Road. All other traffic will be detoured along Plymouth Sorrento Road and US 441.

Bad weather or other unforeseen circumstances could delay or prolong work. Motorists are urged to use caution in the construction area for their safety and that of the work crews.

This work is part of the Central Florida Expressway Authority’s $56 million project to build the Wekiva Parkway from where the SR 429 currently ends at the Connector Road to just north of Ponkan Road. Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River.

To get an eagle's eye view of work in October on the Central Florida Expressway Authority's Section 1A of the Wekiva Parkway, click here. Work continues on placing embankment, installing drainage pipe and excavating ponds, driving bridge pile and placing aesthetic retaining wall panels. 

(APOPKA, FL) – The westbound left-turn lane from Connector Road to State Road 429 (Daniel Webster Western Beltway) and an eastbound through lane on the same cross street are scheduled to close beginning Sunday night, August 23. Connector Road will remain open to traffic and drivers should use the remaining lanes to access SR 429. The lanes will remain closed for the duration of the project and will allow crews to build bridges for the Central Florida Expressway Authority’s first section of the Wekiva Parkway.

Additional work and lane closures are scheduled each night from 8 p.m. – 6 a.m. through Tuesday, August 25. Motorists also should be alert for daytime, intermittent lane closures along the SR 429 Connector Road during this time.

Bad weather or other unforeseen circumstances could delay or prolong work. Motorists are urged to use caution in the construction area for their safety and that of the work crews.

This work is part of the $56 million project to build the Wekiva Parkway from where the SR 429 currently ends at the Connector Road to just north of Ponkan Road. Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River. 

(APOPKA, FL) – The ramp from northbound State Road 429 (Daniel Webster Western Beltway) to westbound Connector Road will be closed nightly starting Wednesday, August 19 continuing through Saturday, August 23. All traffic exiting northbound SR 429 will be directed onto eastbound Connector Road toward Plymouth Sorrento Road for access to US Highway 441. This work is part of construction of the Central Florida Expressway Authority’s first section of the Wekiva Parkway.

The detour each night from 8 p.m. – 6 a.m. will allow crews to remove a concrete pedestrian island and to perform signal work. Motorists also should be alert for daytime, intermittent lane closures along the SR 429 Connector Road during this time.

Bad weather or other unforeseen circumstances could delay or prolong work. Motorists are urged to use caution in the construction area for their safety and that of the work crews.

This work is part of the $56 million project to build the Wekiva Parkway from where the SR 429 currently ends at the Connector Road to just north of Ponkan Road. Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River.

Work began August 3, 2015 on the Central Florida Expressway Authority's Wekiva Parkway Section 1B (429-203) from north of Ponkan Road to a planned interchange at Kelly Park Road in Apopka. Crews this week relocated more than 29 gopher tortoises after excavating 66 burrows for the protected species.  Gopher tortoises are considered a keystone species because dozens of other species also use the burrows as shelter. 

Section 1B crews also are locating utilities and surveying the project corridor. Next they will begin clearing the right of way of vegetation and structures and installing silt fence for erosion control. 

The Florida Department of Transportation's Wekiva Parkway Sections 4A and 4B are scheduled to open to traffic in early 2016. Crews are now focussing on building the toll gantry and related building and other systems. To check out the latest photos of this section - including some of the wildlife protections - click here. 

APOPKA, FL – The Central Florida Expressway Authority would like to make community members aware that crews building Wekiva Parkway Section 1A are scheduled to soon begin driving bridge pile. Crews are scheduled the week of Monday, August 10, to begin driving pile at the State Road 429 Connector Road. Pile driving also is expected to begin the following week, beginning Monday, August 17, in the area of Southfork Drive.

This activity will occur only during daytime hours, and is expected to take a number of weeks. Wet weather could delay or prolong this activity.

For more information check out the project website at www.wekivaparkway.com, and follow the project on Facebook and Twitter for real-time updates.

Crews building Wekiva Parkway Section 1A for the Central Florida Expressway Authority are scheduled to close the eastbound right-turn lane on SR 429 Connector Road to southbound Plymouth Sorrento Road. The closure is scheduled from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Thursday, July 30 and Friday, July 31. The eastbound through lane will remain available for right turns while crews begin work on nearby drainage structures. Please be advised that wet weather could delay or prolong work. 

APOPKA _ Clearing just north of the State Road 429/414 Connector Road is well underway as part of building Wekiva Parkway Section 1A. The Central Florida Expressway Authority began construction on its first parkway section – from near US 441 to Ponkan Road – on June 8, 2015. Other activities underway are:   demolition, silt fence installation and wrapping up the relocation of gopher tortoises, a keystone species. As of June 30, 133 gopher tortoises have been relocated as required by state permit. 

To view construction photos, click here.

(APOPKA, FL) – The Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) will begin construction on its first section of the landmark Wekiva Parkway (State Road 429) on June 8, 2015. Work on this 2.3-mile section is scheduled to finish in spring of 2017.

Nearly 30 years in the making, the Wekiva Parkway is a collaborative effort between CFX, the Florida Department of Transportation – District Five and the Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise. The 25-mile toll road will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while also helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River.

"We are excited to get our sections of the parkway underway," said CFX Chairman Welton Cadwell. "This long talked about project is something that is going to have a major impact for Central Florida with better connectivity and economic development opportunities.  It's the type of project that my grandkids will have a hard time imagining our community without."

This first section will extend from where the Daniel Webster Western Beltway (SR 429) currently ends near US 441 in Apopka to near Ponkan Road. This section will include a full interchange at the Connector Road near US 441.

Wekiva Parkway will be Central Florida’s first expressway to feature all electronic tolling. The parkway also will have aesthetic features including colored and textured bridge and wall treatments, slightly arched bridge beams and wider medians for enhanced landscaping.

CFX is responsible for the construction, maintenance and operation of approximately nine miles of the Wekiva Parkway in Orange County and a small portion in Lake County. The parkway will serve as an extension of the Daniel Webster Western Beltway and the John Land Apopka Expressway (SR 414). CFX operates 23 miles of the Daniel Webster Western Beltway from US Highway 441 to Seidel Road. The Florida's Turnpike Enterprise operates the southern section from Seidel Road to Interstate 4.

To view a Construction Fact Sheet, click here.

June 4, 2015 - Motorists are advised to be alert over the next couple of weeks for intermittent flagging operations with traffic being routed through one lane as crews install guardrail, signals and striping on State Road 46 in the area of Wekiva Parkway Section 4B. The project is scheduled to open to traffic in winter of 2016. 

Motorists are advised that the Florida Department of Transportation is scheduled to alternate traffic through one lane on County Road 435 (Mount Plymouth Road) north of Haas Road on Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Flaggers will be on site to guide motorists for the paving operation from 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Motorists are reminded to adhere to safety signs and crew member directions, and that speeding fines are doubled in work zones when workers are present.