(APOPKA, FL) – Crews this afternoon are scheduled to close Connector Road to through traffic at State Road 429 (Daniel Webster Western Beltway) near US 441. This will prevent travel under the new bridge, built as part of the Wekiva Parkway (State Road 429), during high winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Matthew. The intersection will remain closed until the storm passes and the condition of the work zone has been assessed.

No through traffic will be allowed on the Connector Road at SR 429. The SR 429 northbound left-turn lanes at the Connector Road will be closed. The SR 429 northbound right-turn lane onto the Connector Road will remain open to provide access to Plymouth Sorrento Road and US 441.

Motorists on Plymouth Sorrento Road who wish to go south on SR 429 must turn right onto US 441, and then turn right onto the Connector Road to access the southbound SR 429 ramp.

Electronic message boards are posted to alert drivers. Bad weather or other unforeseen circumstances could delay the reopening of the road. Motorists are urged to use caution in the construction area for their safety.

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. This project is among five parkway sections being built by CFX, totaling 10 miles and more than $270 million in construction costs. Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River.

Want to see the progress that's being made on the Central Florida Expressway Authority's sections of the parkway? Click here to check out the new videos and aerial photos that have been posted to the Wekiva Parkway's Visual Gallery.

(APOPKA, FL) - Crews are scheduled to close Yothers Road west of Plymouth Sorrento Road beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, September 28 for several months. Traffic will be detoured via Joshua Ridge Lane, Plym-Sore Road and Belgian Street to get to Plymouth Sorrento Road.

This will allow crews to remove the embankment under Yothers Road to build a new bridge for the side street over the Wekiva Parkway (State Road 429). This construction will require pile driving for a number of weeks. Safety devices and 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 the SR 429 currently ends at the Connector Road to just north of Ponkan Road. This project is among five parkway sections being built by CFX, totaling 10 miles and more than $270 million in construction costs. 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 are scheduled overnight on Sunday and Monday, September 25 and 26 to intermittently stop traffic on Ponkan Road just west of Plymouth Sorrento Road as part of building the Wekiva Parkway (State Road 429). Flaggers will periodically hold up traffic from 7:00 p.m. - 6:00 a.m. each night to allow crews to install bridge beams.

Electronic message boards are 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 the SR 429 currently ends at the Connector Road to just north of Ponkan Road. This project is among five parkway sections being built by CFX, totaling 10 miles and more than $270 million in construction costs. Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River.

The August traffic and revenue report for Wekiva Parkway Section 4 shows 52,897 trips for the month. This brings the total trips since opening (Jan. 20, 2016) to 326,741, with a monthly average of 40,842.

(APOPKA, FL) – Beginning the night of Friday, September 16, crews will intermittently close Kelly Park Road between Round Lake Road and Plymouth Sorrento Road as part of building the Wekiva Parkway (State Road 429). The closure from 11:30 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 17, will allow crews to pour concrete for the southbound bridge deck.

During the closure, traffic will be detoured via Plymouth Sorrento Road, Ponkan Road and Round Lake Road. Flaggers will direct traffic and electronic message boards are 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 $46.6 million project to build the Wekiva Parkway from Ponkan Road to a planned interchange at Kelly Park Road. Work began August 3, 2015. This project is among five parkway sections being built by CFX, totaling 10 miles and more than $270 million in construction costs. Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River.

Drivers along Plymouth Sorrento Road on CFX Section 2B are advised that the speed limit has been reduced from 55 mph to 45 mph north of Haas Road-Ondich Road. Be prepared to stop for heavy earth-moving trucks and other equipment traffic in this location.

Since construction started on the Wekiva Parkway, more than 720 animals have been culled from more than 1,400 burrows on the 13 miles of parkway that are either open or under construction. Check out the details by section here.

The Florida Department of Transportation - District Five on September 6, 2016 selected RS&H to handle construction engineering and inspection on Wekiva Parkway Section 6. Construction is scheduled to begin in spring of 2017 on this 5.5-mile section from east of Camp Challenge Road in Lake County to Wekiva River Road in Seminole County. 

(APOPKA, FL) – Crews are scheduled to close northbound State Road 429 (Daniel Webster Western Beltway) from State Road 414 (John Land Apopka Expressway) to near US 441 the nights of August 28 and 29. The closures are needed to install an overhead dynamic message sign and related work as part of building the Wekiva Parkway (State Road 429).

The SR 429 northbound closures are scheduled from 10 p.m. Sunday, August 28 to 6 a.m. Monday, August 29, and from 9 p.m. Monday, August 29 to 6 a.m. Tuesday, August 30.

Prior to the closure, SR 429 northbound traffic will be detoured onto SR 414 and then onto SR 451 to get to US 441. This operation will include closing first one, and then a second SR 429 northbound lane heading toward SR 414. The SR 429 northbound lane closures south of SR 414 will begin at 9 p.m. Sunday and 8 p.m. Monday.

The SR 414 westbound exit to SR 429 northbound also will be closed during the above dates and times.

Safety devices and 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 the SR 429 currently ends at the Connector Road to just north of Ponkan Road. This project is among five parkway sections being built by CFX, totaling 10 miles and more than $270 million in construction costs. Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River.

(SORRENTO) - Crews are scheduled to alternate traffic in both directions through one lane on Coronado Somerset Drive east of Round Lake Road beginning Monday, August 15, 2016. The work is part of building Section 2C of the Wekiva Parkway (State Road 429). The single lane closure, scheduled from 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. through Saturday, August 27, 2016, will allow crews to install pipe across the road.

Flaggers and electronic message boards will be on site 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.

The Central Florida Expressway Authority began construction May 2, 2016 on Wekiva Parkway Section 2C. This $49.48 million section stretches from the Lake County-Orange County line to a planned loop interchange at SR 46 east of Round Lake Road. This section is slated to open to traffic in January 2018.

This project is among five parkway sections being built by CFX, totaling 10 miles and more than $270 million in construction costs. Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River.

Check out the article on the Wekiva Parkway that appeared in the August 15 issue of Engineering News-Record (ENR), a national trade publication: http://www.enr.com/articles/40016-how-florida-infrastructure-investment-is-forging-a-fruitful-future

(APOPKA) – Crews are scheduled to close Connector Road to through traffic at State Road 429 (Daniel Webster Western Beltway) near US 441 over the weekend. The intersection closure is scheduled from 7 p.m. Friday, August 12, 2016 to 6 a.m. Monday, August 15, 2016. This will allow crews to continue to set bridge beams as part of building the Wekiva Parkway (State Road 429).

No through traffic will be allowed on the Connector Road at SR 429 during this operation. This work will require closing the SR 429 northbound left-turn lanes at the Connector Road for the weekend. The SR 429 northbound right-turn lane onto the Connector Road will remain open to provide access to Plymouth Sorrento Road and US 441.

Motorists on Plymouth Sorrento Road who wish to go south on SR 429 must turn right onto US 441, and then turn right onto the Connector Road to access the southbound SR 429 ramp.

Electronic message boards are 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 the SR 429 currently ends at the Connector Road to just north of Ponkan Road. This project is among five parkway sections being built by CFX, totaling 10 miles and more than $270 million in construction costs. Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River.

(SORRENTO, FL) -- The Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) will begin building its fifth and final section of the Wekiva Parkway (State Road 429) on August 1, 2016. Work on the nearly two-mile Section 2A is scheduled to finish in January 2018.

This $38.65 million project will be located north of Haas Road between Plymouth Sorrento Road and County Road 435 (Mount Plymouth Road). Section 2A will connect to Section 2B, the systems interchange, to the west, and to the Florida Department of Transportation’s Section 4A to the east. Work will include new bridges over Morris Access Road, a Florida Gas Transmission easement and CR 435.

Section 2A includes Pine Plantation, one of several large parcels purchased for conservation as required by the 2004 Wekiva Parkway and Protection Act. Once construction on Section 2A is complete, the temporary ramp onto the parkway from CR 435 will be removed.

The Wekiva Parkway features all electronic tolling for the greatest customer convenience. There are no toll plazas, so motorists don’t have to slow down or stop to pay their tolls. There will be a toll gantry on this section.

Nearly 30 years in the making, the Wekiva Parkway is a cooperative effort between CFX, the Florida Department of Transportation and Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise. The five CFX Wekiva Parkway sections, located in Orange County and a small portion in Lake County, total 10 miles and more than $270 million in construction costs.

Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River.

Find details on CFX projects at www.CFXway.com. For more information on the Wekiva Parkway log onto www.WekivaParkway.com.

MOUNT DORA _ More than 200 people attended the July 12, 2016 Access Management Public Hearing hosted by the Florida Department of Transportation for Wekiva Parkway Sections 3A, 3B and 5. The hearing _ which included an open house, a formal presentation and a public testimony period _ took place from 530 p.m. - 730 p.m. at the Mount Dora Community Center, 520 N. Baker Street in Mount Dora.

Members of the public submitted 19 comment forms. Four people spoke during the public testimony period, and one person testified to the court reporter.The public comment period continues through July 26, 2016; information from the public during that time will become part of the hearing record. All comments will be responded to in writing.

(APOPKA, FL) – Crews are scheduled to close one northbound left turn lane on State Road 429 (Daniel Webster Western Beltway) at the Connector Road on Friday, July 1, 2016. The lane closure from 10 a.m. to noon will allow crews to repairt the asphalt at the end of the off ramp. One left turn lane will remain open at all times to allow traffic flow.

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. This project is among five parkway sections being built by CFX, totaling 10 miles and more than $270 million in construction costs. Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River.

(SORRENTO, FL) -- The Florida Department of Transportation on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 shortlisted the top scoring design-build teams vying to finish the design and to build Wekiva Parkway Section 6. Eight teams submitted technical proposals for this section, which will stretch from west of Old McDonald Road in Lake County to east of River Oaks Circle in Seminole County.

The section will feature four wildlife bridges, including the span over the Wekiva River. In this first phase of the procurement process, the top four candidates shortlisted were:

• Archer Western Contractors, LTD.
• Kiewit Infrastructure South Co.
• Lane Construction Corp.
• Superior Construction Co. South

Final selection for this section is scheduled for January 24, 2017.

 (SANFORD, FL) -- The Florida Department of Transportation on Monday, June 27, 2016 selected Johnson, Mirmiran and Thompson (JMT) to design Wekiva Parkway Section 7B in Seminole County. This non-tolled project will widen and make other improvements to State Road 46 from east of Orange Boulevard to just west of Interstate 4. Design is scheduled to begin in September of 2016.

(APOPKA, FL) – Crews are scheduled Monday, June 27, 2016 and Tuesday, June 28, 2016, to begin alternating traffic through one lane on Kelly Park Road near Round Lake Road as part of building the Wekiva Parkway (State Road 429). The lane closures between 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. will allow crews to pave a portion of Kelly Park Road at the parkway interchange.

On Wednesday and Thursday, June 29-30, the lane closures will take place at night from 8:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.

Flaggers will direct traffic and electronic message boards are 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 $46.6 million project to build the Wekiva Parkway from Ponkan Road to a planned interchange at Kelly Park Road. Work began August 3, 2015. This project is among five parkway sections being built by CFX, totaling 10 miles and more than $270 million in construction costs. Once completed, the 25-mile parkway will complete Central Florida’s beltway, while helping to protect the natural resources surrounding the Wekiva River.

New Project Marks a Major Milestone Toward the Completion of Central Florida’s Beltway

(ORLANDO, FL) -- On June 22, 2016, the Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) Board awarded the contract to build CFX’s fifth and final section of the Wekiva Parkway to Superior Construction Company. This $38.65 million project (Section 2A), located between Kelly Park Road and Country Road 436/Mount Plymouth Road, is scheduled to get underway in early August 2016 and be completed by January 2018.

“We are so close to seeing what has been planned for decades become a reality,” said CFX chairman Welton Cadwell. “When it’s done, the Wekiva Parkway is going to connect Lake, Orange and Seminole counties like never before while preserving and protecting some of our region’s most important environmental resources and at the same time giving our community opportunities for economic development.”

Nearly 30 years in the making, the Wekiva Parkway is a cooperative effort between CFX, the Florida Department of Transportation and Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise. The five CFX Wekiva Parkway sections, located in Orange County and a small portion in Lake County, total 10 miles and more than $270 million in construction costs.

CFX plans to open its first Wekiva Parkway section, from SR 429 at US 441 to the Kelly Park Road interchange, in spring 2017. All of CFX’s Wekiva Parkway sections are scheduled to be open to traffic in January 2018.

The Wekiva Parkway will complete the beltway around northwest Central Florida and reduce traffic congestion on US 441, SR 46 and other area roads. The 25-mile parkway is expected to generate more than 36,000 jobs – directly and indirectly – during design and construction. The major transportation improvement also plays heavily into the economic development plans for the surrounding local governments.

The parkway will feature all electronic tolling, allowing motorists to pay their tolls at highway speeds, without having to slow down or stop. Drivers will be able to pay their tolls using E-PASS or via the CFX Pay by Plate program. Click here for more information on these toll payment options.

The Central Florida Expressway Authority’s jurisdiction includes Orange, Seminole, Lake, and Osceola Counties. CFX is responsible for the construction, maintenance and operation of a 109-mile limited-access expressway system. It may also acquire, construct and equip rapid transit, trams and fixed guideways within its rights-of-way. CFX’s system includes SR 408 (Spessard Holland East- West Expressway), SR 528 (Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway), SR 417 (Central Florida GreeneWay), SR 429 (Daniel Webster Western Beltway), SR 414 (John Land Apopka Expressway) and State Road 451.