With the Central Florida Expressway Authority starting construction this summer on its Wekiva Parkway sections from US 441 near Plymouth Sorrento Road to a planned interchange at Kelly Park Road, now's the time to get an update on schedules and how this work might affect your community. To schedule a presentation to your neighborhood association or community organization, contact Public Information Officer Mary Brooks at 407-694-5505 or via email at info@wekivaparkway.com. 

Check out a real-life mockup of what the walls and bridges will look like on the Central Florida Expressway Authority’s first sections of the Wekiva Parkway, scheduled to begin construction this summer. Plans for the full bridge and wall structures are meant to blend in with the rustic and natural surroundings. To view the photos and graphic, click here.

The Central Florida Expressway Authority on April 9, 2015 selected Prince Contracting to build Wekiva Parkway Section 1A (429-202) from where State Road 429 ends at US 441 and Plymouth Sorrento Road, to just north of Ponkan Road. CFX is is scheduled to begin work on the $56 million project by early June 2015.   Work should finish in 2017.

SORRENTO - Crews working for the Florida Department of Transportation to build Wekiva Parkway Sections 4A and 4B are pouring concrete at night for the floodplain bridge deck. The bridge deck pours will occur over four more nights in the next month. These operations may result in residents hearing noise from  the concrete pump truck, the engine from the deck screed, the concrete delivery trucks and the front end loader.

Concrete is placed at night for many reasons, including cooler temperatures, no sun, no wind, high humidity and less traffic which allows a steady delivery of concrete.  If ideal conditions for concrete curing are not met, cracking of the bridge deck in the future may occur. 

The next pour is scheduled tentatively for Thursday night, February 19, 2015. However, due to forecasted extreme cold, this schedule is subject to change. 

All other activities are anticipated to be daytime activities. 

SORRENTO, FL – Drivers need to be aware of upcoming lane closures and flagging operations on State Road (SR) 46 east of Camp Challenge Road as part of construction of Wekiva Parkway Section 4B in east Lake County. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and its contractor, The De Moya Group, are planning to intermittently close one lane at a time to allow crews to pave the parkway ramp connections to SR 46. Work is scheduled to begin in mid-February and will take place from 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. each day until completed. Message boards will be placed in the area a couple of weeks in advance to alert motorists to the changing traffic patterns.

SORRENTO, FL - Drivers should be alert for flagging operations on State Road (SR) 46 east of Camp Challenge Road through Wednesday, January 21, 2015, as part of construction of Wekiva Parkway Section 4B in east Lake County. Crews will be alternating traffic through one lane from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. each day to allow shoulder embankment work needed to connect the parkway ramps to SR 46. Message boards also have been posted to alert drivers to the activities. Minor delays are possible.