The Florida Department of Transportation has decided to broaden the input process as it considers a possible northern extension of Florida's Turnpike.. SR 869/SW 10th Street Connector from Florida's Turnpike/Sawgrass Expressway to SR 9/I-95. Contact Editor Diane Rado for questions: info@floridaphoenix.com. Jim Tatum from Fort White said the community doesn't need the toll road and there's no benefit of having it. On Monday, a united Dunnellon City Council unanimously approved a resolution calling on the state to adopt the "no build" option. The road which clearly meant so much more than just a road lost out. The plans for Alternative Corridor North route of turnpike extension would originate at the Wildwood I-75/Florida Turnpike connection. The proposed letter said, in part:"Marion County's foremost objective is to remind the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) that our adopted comprehensive plan prohibits the development of expressways or toll roll roads within the Farmland Preservation Area (FPA).". But when Pleasence looks for his body, its gone. Steve Newborn is a WUSF reporter and producer at WUSF covering environmental issues and politics in the Tampa Bay area. A copy of the resolution also will be sent to Gov. The decision is considered a win for environmentalists, who have been lobbying various cities and counties to come out against the project. Craig is co-host of the "Welcome to Florida" podcast. P.O. North 95. Given how pretty those horse farms are, and how little green space we tend to save in Florida, Im glad those equine enthusiasts won. The state Department of Transportation on Wednesday told elected officials in northern Central Florida that the agency is no longer pursuing the four proposed routes for a possible northern. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)/Florida's Turnpike Enterprise has released 4 options to extend the Florida Turnpike from Wildwood to US19/98. endstream endobj 88 0 obj <>/Metadata 3 0 R/PageLabels 84 0 R/Pages 85 0 R/StructTreeRoot 7 0 R/Type/Catalog/ViewerPreferences 120 0 R>> endobj 89 0 obj <>/MediaBox[0 0 612 792]/Parent 85 0 R/Resources<>/Font<>/Pattern<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/Tabs/S/Type/Page>> endobj 90 0 obj <>stream We know we need to do something, he said. Map of the Suncoast Parkway, including exits, toll locations and available plazas and rest areas. Audubon proposes this solution: Build six additional lanes within or contiguous with the I-75 right of way and separate local- and through-traffic. Map of Florida's Turnpike, including exits, toll locations and available plazas and rest areas. If the projects move forward with 100% build-out as currently proposed, the county has projected the need for traffic improvements at well over $60 million. One challenge, she said, is We dont know if both projects will come in at the same time. The developers would be responsible for 98% of the road and intersection(s) costs. The Southwest Florida Water Management District is asking the Department of Transportation about about the proposed expansion's impacts to both state-owned land and water resources, such as springs and the underground aquifer. It is a four-lane toll facility that extends the existing Suncoast Parkway northward for 13 miles from US 98 to SR 44 in Lecanto. 220 0 obj <>stream The extension increases options for residents and also for the millions of visitors our state sees each year.. 87 0 obj <> endobj FDOT. Florida's Turnpike in Florida Bldg. We count on community support to continue this important work. Map of the Sawgrass Expressway, including exits, toll locations and available plazas and rest areas. How dare then-Gov. Craig Pittman is a native Floridian. I am talking about the Northern Turnpike Extension, which is supposed to branch off from the Florida Turnpike in Wildwood and head north toward some as-yet-unnamed terminus. Citrus County. Sally McDavid, a fourth-generation Floridian, said getting away from urban sprawl is why many people moved to Citrus County. )G!RJrqj2cW@\YZ8\RF@I5 E4h=>cE$Ey8h>| {]8)h*N}A `'$-?mn`rVtV}!0l]h_wq{mn"02pGQ7NhnOBl(Ta9K. 0:30. But Stone said Bryant's language was tantamount to supporting the "no build" option. Southern Connector Extension. Lonny Powell, CEO of the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association, said, It was great seeing a legacy farm like Bridlewood Farm accepting the Acorn Conservation Award today. No one likes to drive State Road 200! she said to audience approval. We embrace our communities, he said, but we know we have to do something. FDOT conducted an Alternative Corridor Evaluation (ACE) to evaluate the extension of Florida's Turnpike (State Road [SR] 91) from its northerly terminus in Wildwood to a logical and appropriate terminus as determined by the Department. The red line appeared to draw the wrath of the county commission since it appears to cut through the Morriston area and would potentially ravage farmlands, subdivisions, and forests. DEIJ Policy | Ethics Policy | Privacy Policy. After extensive study including input from citizens and elected officials, such as Bryant MCORES eventually was repealed. Search All Exits along Florida's Turnpike traveling Northbound in Florida. Bryant said asking the state to adhereto the MCORES recommendations was consistent with the language of the state law that authorized the turnpike expansion study. The road study is set to be completed by 2024. Dunnellon takes a stand: Council tells state it doesn't want northern extension of the Florida Turnpike Development decision: SW. WUSF 89.7 depends on donors for the funding it takes to provide you the most trusted source of news and information here in town, across our state, and around the world. The Levy County routes steamroll right through the longleaf pine flatwoods and swamps of the 58,000-acre Goethe State Forest, as well as smashing a hole in the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross-Florida Greenway, a currently unbroken 110-mile linear park that stretches from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean. 07/25/17. Completing the Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) section of the beltway, the five mile segment links Kelly Park Road with the Mt. It is the first phase of an extension that will eventually take the parkway north to County Road 486 in Citrus. Box 613069, Ocoee, Florida 34761 For immediate Release: August 5, 2022 (407) 264-3321 | Angela Starke@2dot.state.fl.us Contact: Angela Starke Department Pauses Northern Turnpike Extension Project ~ Florida Turnpike Enterprise Alternative Corridor Evaluation Study Cancludes with no Viable Proposed Corridors ~ OCOEE, Fia. FL's Northern Turnpike Extension threatens to pave over historic Black community Founded by freed slaves, Royal faces obliteration by road-builders Craig Pittman May 19, 2022 7:00 am A child stands in a tobacco field in the Royal community during the 1950s. "This extension provides additional transportation infrastructure to support Florida's continued growth and reflects the department's unwavering commitment to the people of West Central Florida.". Citrus County commissioners last month backed the no build option for the northern turnpike extension at least for those routes that would go through Citrus County. Local governments in those communities have already objected to similar toll road plans in the past. Three of the four proposed routes go through Marion County. "And it does not plow through developed communities and force the removal of families.". You have permission to edit this article. As of the summits date, Straub said, The county has nothing going on at County Road 318, she stated. maps and exits. Now Audubon Florida has weighed in and it turns out it also has concerns. ],I:!% kvfvBrIJ2%Q)f5*P&GmcXiGY@q%V2'@sZ7,pSBA0K4MaXKPhcpfIZQQ3:h80I SI"II$&A>4qdYXWGJ RgJ'`''bF=Zx+phm0`30^2C`PxDc1VYjcH>0Hgl A0K IVZMY'h2ri0Pcs06v !03Fs$h=\\Y$sMS$b0B^B_y y U4em"c-49Kr^&^8g>?>N) In 2020 the Florida Heritage Book Festival named him a Florida Literary Legend. Florida Phoenix is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. The first goal of the Ocala Gazette is to deliver trustworthy local journalism so corruption, misinformation and abuse are not hidden from the public or unchallenged. It would have provided a direct route from southeast and central Florida with the panhandle. There are four alternative routes being proposed. Then, because a history-minded group led by Robert Roscow sued them for paving over Etna, the DOT tried to make up for wiping out that Citrus County site by building a mock Etna. Resident Diane Garte said this will hurt their livelihood. It was equally rewarding to see the farms longtime general manager and FTBOA President George Isaacs onstage to accept the award on the Malones behalf. Sorry, no promotional deals were found matching that code. The routes are unlikely to meet the requirement that tolls generated by traffic flow fund 50 percent of debt service at the 12th year of operation. The southernmost road would have demolished habitat for our official state animal, the panther. 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Cardinal Street. Brigitte Smith of Ocala said her daughter lives in Rolling Hills and the roadway would negatively affect that neighborhood. It would have impacted large areas in either Citrus, Sumter, Levy and Marion counties. (Maybe instead of DOT we should call it the DOh!-OT.). Folks in Levy County tell me they suspect the real aim here is to provide a highway for Peterffy and other developers. Harrells bill didnt lay a finger on the leg of M-CORES known as the Northern Turnpike Extension, which was declared to be in the strategic interest of the state. The senator explained this by saying, We have over a thousand people a day moving to the beautiful Sunshine State. She claimed her bill builds on the task force recommendations. Providing timely responses to inquiries from the press, government officials, and the public is a crucial function of the Florida Department of Transportation. '1800108\K`c;T"H62j]p}Z3 joY]Yw@ r We want that something to preserve your farmland, to fit the growth patterns that are occurring. Your current subscription does not provide access to this content. 07/25/17. Polk Parkway. I sure hope both of them make the choice to respond, so they can make the people of Levy County understand why they are choosing to do a taxpayer-funded favor for a billionaire that obliterates the local folks property. You can find recent press releases, public notices, media contacts, links to . Please donate or subscribe: Magnolia Media Company Geo resource failed to load. Procedurally, Stone and Gold were prohibited from asking for a reconsideration of Stone's original motion. The 'North A' route would cut Levy County into two parts. Meanwhile, rural northern counties including Levy said they had no interest in allowing big, sprawl-causing toll roads to plow through their rural landscape. Turnpike Mainline. He said it would leave a "scar" on the community for a considerable time,and traffic in the area would be severely impactedif the roadway is allowed to come close to Dunnellon. The extension, if built, is expected to bring the turnpike from its current northern terminus at Interstate 75 in . Many of the people who attended Tuesday's County Commissionmeetingleft disappointed when the board declined to support the "no build" option for the proposed northern extension of the Florida Turnpike. In 30 years at the Tampa Bay Times, he won numerous state and national awards for his environmental reporting. Rep. Ralph Massullo. A road is a choice, you see, and clearly the Legislature and DOT were choosing to value pavement and development over the things that make life in Levy County appealing. Citrus County's elected leaders agreed Friday that the "no-build" option for a possible Florida Turnpike extension is no option for them. That one, released in 1978, featured a frightened young woman, played by scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis, fleeing a masked and murderous psycho named Michael Myers, whose dialogue consisted of him breathing very loudly. Nearly 200 people packed into the commission auditorium in Ocala. A cross section of horse farm owners, developers, real estate agents, county residents, government staffers and elected officials convened at the Horse Farms Forever annual conservation summit held Nov. 14 at the Ocala Breeders Sales Company. The expansion to four lanes of SW 80th Avenue from SW 95th Street Road to U.S. 27 going past On Top of the World, the new developments on SW 80th Avenue, Stone Creek, West Port High School and north over SR 40 and past the World Equestrian Center and Golden Ocala. "The Suncoast Parkway serves millions of drivers every year offering a safe, efficient, and convenient travel option for residents and visitors," FDOT Assistant Secretary Will Watts said in the release. Work on the proposed extension, Perdue said, will start up again in the next year or so with the agency re-engaging the potentially affected communities. The project included: Constructing full interchanges at US 98 and W. Cardinal Street and a partial interchange at SR 44 Five wildlife crossings 15 new bridges Two all-electronic tolling gantries and equipment buildings North A and North B routes (red and blue) impact southwest Marion County more than Central and South (yellow and purple). Signage directs drivers to the South Norfolk Jordan Bridge, a toll bridge across the Elizabeth River between Chesapeake and Norfolk, Virginia. The toll roads would help rural areas develop so as to accommodate all the new people moving into Florida. There were also plans for it to tie in with the once proposed Tampa-Jacksonville turnpike. This Northern Turnpike Extension would be. Motorists in Hernando and Citrus counties now have an easier way to travel to and from the greater Tampa Bay region. They basically wanted to stay the way they were. Select an exit, travel plaza, toll plaza or other location from the map, or use the location list to get information and a close-up map of that location, plus any nearby gas stations. They said it would threaten Rainbow Springs, one of the state's largest springs. WUSF Public Media - WUSF 89.7 | It allows us to address congestion on I-75 and really look at our rural roads to address the growing needs of our state.. Members voted unanimously on Tuesday to send a letter to state transportation officials considering an expansion. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph.. The Phoenix is a nonprofit news site thats free of advertising and free to readers. An extension of the Suncoast Parkway opened Monday, the Florida Department of Transportation announced in a press release. 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In addition to transportation information, the HFF team also awarded their Acorn Conservation Award to John and Leslie Malone,owners of Bridlewood Farm, a thoroughbred breeding and training facility. Instead of saying the state should "further examine and evaluate the MCORESrecommendations," Bryant wantedto ask the state to adhere to the MCORES recommendations one of which is that the highway notcross the Cross Florida Greenway in Marion County. Florida's Turnpike. The project will also extend the Suncoast Trail to State Road 44, and a pedestrian overpass will be build over US 98. 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Theyre trying to sneak this in through the back door! said Robbie Blake, the 75-year-old Levy County activist who called me. The meeting started at 9 a.m. and lasted an hour. At the behest of Senate Transportation Chairwoman Gayle Harrell, a Republican from Stuart, the Legislature repealed the toll road bill Galvano had wanted so badly. If you dont know the history of M-CORES, heres the Readers Digest version: The then-Senate president, Bill Galvano, met with some people who build roads, the Florida Transportation Builders Association, after they gave his political action committee a big campaign contribution. x. Loading. Three of the four proposed routes go through Marion County. Ruthie Davis Schlabach. Florida Phoenix maintains editorial independence. Though these are the four proposed routes, the study areas is all of Marion, Levy, Sumter and Citrus counties (outlined in dark green). Staff drew up a resolution to that effect to send to . If Florida Gov. . The state DOT would like to run a highway through it. The map showed "avoidance and attraction" areas for the toll . Winds light and variable. Phone: (850) 414-4050. State transportation officials on Thursday officially killed a proposal that would have extended Florida's Turnpike from where it now ends at Interstate 75 near Wildwood east to connect with U.S. 19. Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, or family status. ON THE WEB Support WUSF now by giving monthly, or make a one-time donation online. Presently, three of the four proposed routes would pass through Marion County. Its like a fricking slap in the face! she told me, then added, Excuse my language.. With each map, you can select and zoom to each exit to find gas, EV charging, food, hotels . For such a supposedly educated fellow, our governor sure says a lot of stuff that sounds, well, lets be charitable and call it nave. Anyone with a lick of sense knows theres more to any highway than a roads a road. Building a road requires making choices. Talk to others. Instead, the agency would focus on improving Interstate 75. A multimodal transportation system combines two or more modes of movement of people or goods. After spending years as a nighttime sports copy editor and page designer, I made the move to digital editing in 2000. Wekiva Parkway. Phone: 352.732.0073 Entering Miami-Dade County, 3.34 miles of State Road 91 remain along Florida's Turnpike southbound. An FDOT map shows the four corridor alternatives for the proposed Northern Turnpike Extension ranging through the area to reach U.S. 19. That showed the agency cares enough about bad publicity to pay lip service to replicating history, but not to actually preserving it. %%EOF I am talking about the Northern Turnpike Extension, which is supposed to branch off from the Florida Turnpike in Wildwood and head north toward some as-yet-unnamed terminus. January 24, 2022 Information is preliminary and subject to change. to the northwest side of the county with a new four-lane street. To me, a roads a road.. More than two miles of that route would slice through the middle of the Hlpata Tastanaki Preserve, the Cross Florida Greenway and the Goethe State Forest. Our stories may be republished online or in print under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Three of the four proposed routes go through Marion County. SB 100 directs Florida's Turnpike Enterprise to study what is now known as the Northern Turnpike Extension. Turns out they only killed two-thirds of it. Best Gas Prices; State Guides; Advertise With Us; Login; Register; iExit Home; Choose State; Florida; . Council tells state it doesn't want northern extension of the Florida Turnpike, SW Marion land owner gets second delay to finalize 841-home development near SummerGlen, Ocala/Marion among nation's fastest growing metros with home construction up 42% in a year, Don't extend turnpike, build other new highways through North Florida, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. In February, the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) said the four proposed routes for the northern turnpike extension have the potential to adversely affect its conservation lands. An FDOT map shows the four corridor alternatives for the proposed Northern Turnpike Extension. I was reminded of the never-say-die saga of Michael Myers the other day when I got a call from a very angry lady from Levy County who was upset about the M-CORES toll roads. The Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike ( HEFT ), designated as unsigned State Road 821 ( SR 821 ), is the southern extension of Florida's Turnpike, a toll road in the U.S. state of Florida maintained by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE). Follow Florida Phoenix on Facebook and Twitter. The Northern Turnpike Extension project is a proposed extension of Florida's Turnpike from its northerly terminus in Wildwood to a logical and appropriate terminus as determined by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). Instead, the agency would focus on improving Interstate 75. The latest news and how to stay informed. In the face of determined opposition from environmentalists and other entities, the FDOT announced in August it was pumping the brakes on four proposed routes that would extend Floridas Turnpike from its terminus at Interstate 75 in Wildwood northwest to U.S. 19 in Levy County. Who have been lobbying various cities and counties to come out against the project also. 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