Last week, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg lit up the right-wing gasbagosphere by pointing out that a provision in the infrastructure bill would subsidize efforts to repair the damage suffered by minority communities when a road or bridge disrupted their neighborhoods. 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. On Monday, a united Dunnellon City Council unanimously approved a resolution calling on the state to adopt the "no build" option. Maintained and operated by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, this 68-mile (109 km) transportation corridor extends from State Road 60 in Tampa, north to State Road 44 near Lecanto.The Veterans Expressway was built to accommodate the increasing commuter . What are we okay with destroying? Its proposed route ran straight through a part of Marion County thats been dubbed the Horse Capital of the World, home to Floridas $2.6 billion equine industry. The commissioners promised to write to the governor and the DOT demanding an explanation of this latest outrage, Catlow said. But on residents' minds was one of four plans of Northern Turnpike Extension that would go straight their neighborhoods. Our comprehensive maps section covers the toll roads, bridges and tunnels from coast to coast. 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Cardinal Street. 03/25/06. It sounds ridiculous, but that was enough to nail down his familys votes. We ask that you edit only for style or to shorten, provide proper attribution and link to our web site. But now here comes the Northern Turnpike Extension, and more choices to make. The route would travel through North Sumter County, running northwest through the northeast portion of Dunnellon into the Levy County city of Bronson and end in Chiefland. "The Suncoast Parkway extension is a substantial piece to building regional connectivity in West Central Florida, specifically for the residents in Hernando and Citrus counties, said Nicola Liquori, Floridas Turnpike Enterprise executive director and CEO. 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. Promotional Rates were found for your code. She voted no, as did Curry and Gold, and the motion died 3-2. Commissioner Jeff Gold joined Stone in voting yes. Motorists in Hernando and Citrus counties now have an easier way to travel to and from the greater Tampa Bay region. You have permission to edit this article. The recommendations closely follow what 1000 Friends advocated from day one: make identified improvements to I-75 to alleviate major traffic . We got a lot of feedback from communities, said Perdue to muttering, groans and laughs from the audience, which he acknowledged. The Suncoast Parkway 2 is open to traffic. The state wants to plow a highway through the historic Black community. I-75 is not a reliable facility now, he said. Providing timely responses to inquiries from the press, government officials, and the public is a crucial function of the Florida Department of Transportation. The Florida Department of Transportation map for the proposed turnpike extension shows routes stretching from where it ends near Wildwood northwest to, or near, where the Suncoast Highway (Florida . But Stone said Bryant's language was tantamount to supporting the "no build" option. We know it connects to I-75.. 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. ],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) DeSantis signed the repeal into law without saying one word about his apparently contradictory stance. Audubon poses this solution: Why doesnt the state use the northern turnpike extension to improve I-75, solving (the) most compelling transportation problem in the region?. Phone: 352.732.0073 To Contact Maps and Publications. North Florida Roads Information. I wasn't always a morning person. South EXIT 2X Northwest 199th Street (CR 854) - Stadium Miami, Florida EXIT 4X Turnpike south (SR 821) - Homestead . Northern Turnpike Extension. Steve Newborn is a WUSF reporter and producer at WUSF covering environmental issues and politics in the Tampa Bay area. An FDOT map shows the four corridor alternatives for the proposed Northern Turnpike Extension. It is the first phase of an extension that will eventually take the parkway north to County Road 486 in Citrus. The latest news and how to stay informed. No additional submittals have been received or nor any requests for permits from either project, she said. Staff drew up a resolution to that effect to send to the state. Traffic Information System. The Legislature finds that the extension of the Florida Turnpike from its northerly terminus in Wildwood to a logical and appropriate terminus as determined by the Department of Transportation is in the strategic interest of the state, the bill states. They said it would threaten Rainbow Springs, one of the state's largest springs. Support WUSF now by giving monthly, or make a one-time donation online. Northern Turnpike Connector GIS Map #2 Southwest-Central Florida Connector Southwest-Central Florida Connector GIS Map #2 Task Forces Suncoast Connector Northern Turnpike Connector Southwest-Central Florida Connector Stay Informed Sign Up for Updates Calendar of Events Newsroom FAQs Contact Us Northern Turnpike Connector GIS Map #2 About FDOT Resident Diane Garte said this will hurt their livelihood. The rest of the Legislature kowtowed to Galvanos clout and in 2019 approved the bill creating the M-CORES. SR 869/SW 10th Street Connector from Florida's Turnpike/Sawgrass Expressway to SR 9/I-95. Alisha Hart told commissioners that she had 250 signatures from residents living in the Florida Highlands indicating their desire not to have the roadgo through Marion County. The 25 mile long Wekiva Parkway currently extends 19 miles north from Orange Blossom Trail in Apopka to SR 46 west of Sanford. SunPass. OCOEE, Fla. (WCJB) - After opposition from residents in multiple North Central Florida counties, the Florida Department of Transportation will not pursue the project to extend the Florida Turnpike. But the three task forces formed to make recommendations on the M-CORES highways all reported they couldnt find any purpose served by them. The Phoenix is a nonprofit news site thats free of advertising and free to readers. Critics dubbed the M-CORES Billionaire Boulevards.. The department studied four potential routes for the Northern Turnpike Extension Project. And engage with FDOT in public input. Take a look. The 13-mile stretch of the toll road will take it north from US 98 in Homosassa to State Road 44 in Lecanto. On Tuesday, June 14, the Sumter County Board of Commissioners got an earful from close to 120 concerned voters adorned with bright pink "Rural Florida Says No Toll Roads" stickers, waving neon green "No Build" signs, and donning "#NoBuild No Turnpike Extension" T-shirts; a loud and clear sign that Sumter residents want no part of the proposed Northern Turnpike . No one likes to drive State Road 200! she said to audience approval. I-75 is absolutely a priority for the local DOT district here, and weve been coordinating on what needs to be done.. Bldg. 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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. Dunnellon Mayor Bill White said the amount of traffic coming and going through the city would be enormous. Two of the alignments cut swaths through Sumter, Marion and Levy counties, meaning they are almost certain to fail. White, in apresentation to the council and those in attendance, showed pictures of what could happen if the roadwaycomes near the area. Florida Department of Transportation, ALERT : Mainline Converts to Electronic Toll Collection, Suncoast Extension Opens in Citrus County, Constructing full interchanges at US 98 and W. Cardinal Street and a partial interchange at SR 44, Two all-electronic tolling gantries and equipment buildings, Related drainage, lighting, highway signing, traffic signalization, guardrail and sidewalk, The Suncoast Trail, part of Floridas Statewide Greenways and Trails System, will be extended to SR 44 and a pedestrian overpass constructed over US 98. These are the four new proposed routes for northern Florida Turnpike extension. DUNNELLON The Dunnellon City Council on Monday unanimously approved a resolution objecting to the proposed northern extension of the Florida Turnpike. I-595 Express Lane Projects. Email questions and comments to: Maps & Publications Sales at co-mapsandpubs@dot.state.fl.us. %PDF-1.7 % Arms projected a color map on an overhead screen for commissioners. The Sierra Club of Florida previously sided with the no-builders for various environmental reasons. 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. Rick Scott ruin their pastures by ramming a strip of asphalt through them! 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. The latest news and how to stay informed. '1800108\K`c;T"H62j]p}Z3 joY]Yw@ r Goethe State Forest in Levy County. 119 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<76C27D25A123FF41975C3B057A3A3ADB><7E2164D8666286499EE6126893EA10EB>]/Index[87 134]/Info 86 0 R/Length 145/Prev 622759/Root 88 0 R/Size 221/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream Bowing to community pressure, the Florida Department of Transportation announced Thursday it will halt the northern turnpike extension project at least temporarily. The toll roads would help rural areas develop so as to accommodate all the new people moving into Florida. We know we need to do something, he said. Turns out they only killed two-thirds of it. The proposed Northern Turnpike Extension project would extend the turnpike's northern terminus from Wildwood/Interstate 75 west to U.S. 19. View this map in color online. 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. 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. If I were a violent person, Id recommend the opponents of the Northern Turnpike Extension show up for the DOT informational sessions toting a pistol and pump six bullets through the maps showing the routes. There are four separate proposals to the Florida Turnpike that would extend the interstate from Wildwood through combinations of these counties: Citrus, Levy, Marion and Sumter. Ron DeSantis, allegedly a graduate of Yale and Harvard Law, who said, I heard some stuff, some weird stuff from the Secretary of Transportation trying to make this about social issues. "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.". 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).". 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. FDOT Americans with Disabilities/Accessibility (ADA), Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike. Contact Editor Diane Rado for questions: info@floridaphoenix.com. Commissioners on the losing side of a vote cannot take such action. ON THE WEB Your current subscription does not provide access to this content. The decision is considered a win for environmentalists, who have been lobbying various cities and counties to come out against the project. Whos hurt by it? One road, like Michael Myers, somehow survived the execution, crawled away to recuperate, and is now getting ready to kill again. Commissioners will ask the Florida Department of Transportation saying to remove three of the routes recommended for expanding the turnpike from where it now ends at Interstate 75 in Wildwood. After extensive study including input from citizens and elected officials, such as Bryant MCORES eventually was repealed. Turns out, it was one of the best moves I've ever made. 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. 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. One commissioner told them the DOT had threatened to withhold $16 million from Levy County for opposing M-CORES, but the commission did it anyway and planned to oppose this new threat, too. Florida Phoenix maintains editorial independence. Residents spoke out against the proposed Northern Turnpike Extension project for about an hour and a half, and that included Dunnellon Mayor Bill White. It would have impacted large areas in either Citrus, Sumter, Levy and Marion counties. Map of the Sawgrass Expressway, including exits, toll locations and available plazas and rest areas. It allows us to address congestion on I-75 and really look at our rural roads to address the growing needs of our state.. Google Maps / State transportation officials are moving ahead with plans to extend the northern end of the Florida Turnpike beyond where it now ends at Interstate 75 in Wildwood. 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