(ORLANDO, FL) – More than 170 people attended a community open-house meeting on Nov. 7 for the Expressway Authority's second section of the Wekiva Parkway, to be located north of Kelly Park Road between Round Lake Road and Mt. Plymouth Road (County Road 435). In addition to the many property owners and other interested parties, among those in attendance were Jonathan Till, District Secretary to State Representative Bryan Nelson, Lake County Engineer Fred Schneider, Brian Sanders of Orange County Transportation Planning, Jay Davoll, City of Apopka Engineer and Community Development Director and Town of Eatonville Councilman Alvin Moore.
The meeting was held at the Northwest Orange County Improvement Association (NOCIA) building at 4253 W. Ponkan Road, Apopka, FL 32712. Attendees were able to view maps, drawings and other pertinent information about the latest design plans for these sections, ask questions of project team members and submit their comments.
The three projects, totaling 5 miles, will feature all electronic tolling and a multi-level, systems interchange northwest of Haas Road-Ondich Road and Plymouth Sorrento Road. Construction on these projects, estimated at a total of $150 million, is scheduled to begin in 2017 and finish in 2019.
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