PROJECT NEWS

More than 150 attend FDOT Wekiva Parkway Sections 5 & 6 Public Workshop

April 2015

SORRENTO _ More than 156 people attended the second Wekiva Parkway Sections 5 and 6 Public Workshop on April 7, 2015, at Camp Challenge. Five people submitted comment forms at the Florida Department of Transportation meeting, meant to update the community on the Section 5 100 percent and the Section 6, 60 percent design plans.

 

Among the officials that attended were Lake County Engineer Fred Schneider; Hugh Harling of the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council; Robert Brooks, Wekiwa Springs State Park Manager; Joe Bishop, Seminole State Forest Supervisor with the Florida Forestry Service and David Martin of Seminole County. Former Lake County Commissioner Catherine Hanson and members of the Friends of the Wekiva River also were in attendance.  

 

The mood was overwhelmingly positive. Many attendees were pleased to know that they will have the option of using non-tolled, parallel service roads for local trips in east Lake and Seminole Counties. 

 

This was the second design public workshop held for these sections. Design is scheduled to finish this year. Construction is scheduled to take place from 2017-2020.

 

To view photos from the meeting, click here.  To view the meeting exhibits, presentation and handouts click here.