SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting Tuesday to review the preliminary design of a section of the Wekiva Parkway project.
The meeting aims to answer the public’s questions about the eighth section of the parkway, which will include an interchange at Interstate 4. The interchange will connect to State Road 417, completing the beltway around Central Florida.
Section 8 public meeting Tues., March 21 530 pm-730 pm at Lakeside Fellowship United Methodist Church, 305 S. Orange Blvd, Sanford. pic.twitter.com/8EtEvFy2dR
— Wekiva Parkway (@WekivaPKWYinfo) March 17, 2017
Resident Kelli Eaton said she welcomes the project.
“To alleviate some of the traffic on State Route 46 heading to Mount Dora would eventually be great for us,” Eaton said.
But residents such as Debbie Bidwell aren’t as enthusiastic about the project.
“A lot of people do talk about it and say that our homes will go down (in value) because our home will (be) right (next) to a highway,” Bidwell said. “But I don’t know.”
FDOT said the section will run 2.63 miles from Orange Boulevard to east of Rinehart Road and will include bridges, drainage and lighting features.
Raw: CFX drone footage of Wekiva Parkway
“To be honest, I don’t know. I feel like it’s going to go in regardless of what I say or do,” Bidwell said. “It is what it is."
During the meeting, residents may view maps and plans and have their questions answered by FDOT staff.
It’s scheduled from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Sanford’s Lakeside Fellowship United Methodist Church at 305 South Orange Boulevard.
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