ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Florida Department of Transportation leaders are giving Channel 9 a look at new safety features on a stretch of busy Orange Blossom Trail.
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For more than a year, crews have been working on improvements between Holden Avenue and 34th Street in Orlando.
FDOT said a some of the improvements funded by the $8.7 million project include upgraded pedestrian beacons and signage, raised crosswalks and in-road lighting.
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Officials said the new features were implemented to make this section of OBT safer for both drivers and pedestrians.
Reporter Q McCray spent the morning talking with state and local transportation officials and has a closer look at the project.
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