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Construction : Future Construction
Florida's Turnpike plans continuous improvements of the roadway, toll plazas and service plazas and is actively pursuing several exciting new projects designed to alleviate traffic congestion and add enjoyment to your travels, including:
Widening the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike from SR 874 to SR 836
TOLL 417 -- THE SEMINOLE EXPRESSWAY WIDENING
Click here to find out about the study now underway for future widening of the Seminole Expressway
New Turnpike Interchange with State Road 417 (Central Florida GreeneWay)
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Proposed New Interchanges in Lake and Sumter Counties (Central Florida)
Locations for two new Turnpike SunPass©-only interchanges serving motorists in Central Florida have been identified.
The first interchange would be located in Lake County near milepost 279 (north of the existing Clermont/SR 50 interchange) and would serve the rapidly growing Minneola area.
The second interchange would be located in Sumter County near milepost 300 at CR 468 (south of the Wildwood/US 301 interchange), and would serve The Villages/Lady Lake region.
Florida's Turnpike Enterprise has no funding identified for either of these projects and all right-of-way and construction funding must be committed by private developers. Construction schedules for both projects are dependent on funding agreements that have not yet been developed; however, preliminary the engineering and environmental studies being conducted by the developers are underway or nearly complete. Because the projects would be funded by the developers, the interchanges are not included in the Turnpike’s five-year work program and no timeline for construction has been established.
Polk Parkway (SR 570) -- New Pace Road Interchange
The Polk Parkway Pace Road Interchange is a public-private partnership between the Florida Department of Transportation—Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, City of Lakeland, Polk County and The Williams Company.
The new interchange will be constructed as a design-build project. It construction contract is scheduled to be awarded in July 2009, with work following soon thereafter.
The interchange is part of a project that will add two lanes to the northern two miles of the Polk Parkway creating a four lane divided highway from just south of the new interchange to Interstate 4.
The idea of a proposed interchange at this location was conceived more than a decade ago as a future joint project of The Williams Company and Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise.
In 2003-2004 The Williams Company agreed to donate land to USF for a new campus on its property located on the southwest quadrant of Interstate 4 adjacent to the northern end of the 25-mile Polk Parkway.
In 2007, Florida’s Turnpike agreed that with combined funding of a third party contribution and toll revenue, the interchange at Pace Road would be financially feasible. In 2008, Governor Crist approved a $15 million appropriation for funding of the new campus.
Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise recently received the donated-right-of-way from The Williams Company and Polk County as a part of a joint participation agreement.
This new interchange is SunPass-only and features a partial cloverleaf design. No cash tolls will be accepted at the new interchange. Almost 70 percent of Polk Parkway customers use SunPass prepaid electronic toll collection. The toll will be 25 cents for vehicles exiting the Parkway southbound, or entering the Parkway northbound from Pace Road. Pace Road connects with Berkley Road to the east, and will eventually be widened west of the Polk Parkway and connect with State Road 33 near Lakeland.
This interchange is scheduled to be open to traffic by the fall of 2011.
PROJECT QUICK FACTS
- Pace Road Interchange serves the new USF Polytechnic Campus located near Interstate 4
- The interchange is a cooperative project of City of Lakeland, Polk County and The Williams Company.
- The new interchange is funded by Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise and The Williams Acquisition Holding Company.
PROJECT CONSTRUCTION COSTS
- Design and Engineering—$13,088,000
(Funded by Turnpike)
- Construction—$28,250,000 (1/3 funded by Williams, 2/3 funded by Turnpike)
- Right of Way—Transferred to the Turnpike by Williams and Polk County in a joint participation agreement.
Total—$41.3 Million$
CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE
- Contract Advertisement:
March 2009
- Contract Award and Beginning of Construction: July 2009
- Groundbreaking Ceremony: August 2009
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