DUNNELLON The Dunnellon City Council on Monday unanimously approved a resolution objecting to the proposed northern extension of the Florida Turnpike. Brigitte Smith of Ocala said her daughter lives in Rolling Hills and the roadway would negatively affect that neighborhood. Nearly 200 people packed into the commission auditorium in Ocala. Thats how we wound up with approximately 437 sequels, remakes, and reboots with titles like Halloween 29: Michael Myers vs. the Lord of the Dance.. Resident Diane Garte said this will hurt their livelihood. You can find recent press releases, public notices, media contacts, links A copy of the resolution also will be sent to Gov. She and a lot of other Levy County residents just found out about these highway routes over the weekend. The award is given to those who have made a significant contribution to the preservation of horse farms in Marion County. Bridlewood General Manager George Isaacs accepted the award. 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. She voted no, as did Curry and Gold, and the motion died 3-2. Amy Agricola, a local Realtor, told commissioners thatMarion County is unique and beautiful, and commissioners should reject the road plan. "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. 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. We believe something is needed for the future of Florida.. 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. But when Pleasence looks for his body, its gone. The state wants to plow a highway through the historic Black community. North A and North B routes (red and blue) impact southwest Marion County more than Central and South (yellow and purple). We know it connects to I-75.. Providing timely responses to inquiries from the press, government officials, and the public is a crucial function of the Florida Department of Transportation. Residents spoke out against the proposed Northern Turnpike Extension project for about an hour and a half, and that included Dunnellon Mayor Bill White. Some of the state roads in Florida are : State Road A1A - This road runs parallel to the Atlantic Ocean. Directions & Map, 1996 - 2020 Its like a fricking slap in the face! she told me, then added, Excuse my language.. 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. SunPass. Commissioners on the losing side of a vote cannot take such action. We embrace our communities, he said, but we know we have to do something. On August 4, 2022, FDOT announced it was suspending planning for the corridor: "The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has completed the Alternative Corridors Evaluation (ACE) Study for the Northern Turnpike Corridor without recommending a specific corridor and will not pursue the project any further until options can be reassessed to )G!RJrqj2cW@\YZ8\RF@I5 E4h=>cE$Ey8h>| {]8)h*N}A `'$-?mn`rVtV}!0l]h_wq{mn"02pGQ7NhnOBl(Ta9K. He reminded the audience that Floridas population and development will only continue to grow. Blake, whos a member of Citizens for an Enlightened Electorate, pointed out that the Levy County Commission had voted last year to reject any new toll roads cutting through its rolling hills and forests. 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Cardinal Street. The 25 mile long Wekiva Parkway currently extends 19 miles north from Orange Blossom Trail in Apopka to SR 46 west of Sanford. During a special meeting held at . But according to Roscow, they built it in Hernando County, not Citrus. Three lanes continue south along the Florida's Turnpike mainline (SR 91) toward Golden Glades as the HEFT turns west to adjacent SR 817 (NW 27th Avenue) at Lake Lucerne and north Miami Gardens. 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 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. There are four alternative routes being proposed. At the films climax do I really need yell SPOILER ALERT here for a 43-year-old movie? The new Northern Turnpike Extension study has identified four possible corridors for a four-lane toll road and identified them with colored lines on a map. The extension increases options for residents and also for the millions of visitors our state sees each year.. 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. hZYoF+|$-". An extension of the Suncoast Parkway opened Monday, the Florida Department of Transportation announced in a press release. In Dunnellon, a resounding no for Florida's proposed northern turnpike extension, Sand mine denied; lakeside lots approved; Countryside Farms gets buffer, The Marion County roads with the highest traffic counts, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike. Before the testy exchange that led to the final vote, audience members elected officials, two lawyers, non-Marion residents and many people who would directly be affected by the proposed road paths spoke about the state's process. Phone: (850) 414-4050Email questions and comments to: Maps & Publications Sales at [email protected], FDOT605 Suwannee St.Tallahassee, FL 32399Phone: (850) 414-4100Customer Service Portal. Please donate or subscribe: Magnolia Media Company Florida Turnpike officials could add four additional lanes elevated or separated from local expressway traffic. Support WUSF now by giving monthly, or make a one-time donation online. 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. We oppose this toll road for the following reasons: 1. Members of the audience jeered, booed and hissed at the prevailing motion. The decision is considered a win for environmentalists, who have been lobbying various cities and counties to come out against the project. Florida's transportation system includes roadway, air, rail, sea, spaceports, bus transit, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities. She adopted most of Stone's suggestions, butchanged the wording on one of the county's four considerations. Support WUSF now by giving monthly, or make a one-time donation online. An extension of the Suncoast Parkway opened Monday, the Florida Department of Transportation announced in a press release. 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. DeSantis signed the repeal into law without saying one word about his apparently contradictory stance. I-75 is absolutely a priority for the local DOT district here, and weve been coordinating on what needs to be done.. There are four alternative routes being proposed. Providing timely responses to inquiries from the press, government officials, and the public is a crucial function of the Florida Department of Transportation. But the potential northern extension of the turnpike was allowed to proceed to the study phase. These are the four new proposed routes for northern Florida Turnpike extension. Extending the four lanes of NW 70th Avenue to the new NW 49th Street extension that will connect the east side of I-75 with its warehouse complexes (Chewy, AutoZone, Amazon, etc.) 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. In 30 years at the Tampa Bay Times, he won numerous state and national awards for his environmental reporting. The 13-mile stretch of the toll road will take it north from US 98 in Homosassa to State Road 44 in Lecanto. 87 0 obj <> endobj Citrus County. Meanwhile, reporters dug up the one real beneficiary of all this asphalt: a billionaire named Thomas Peterffy. Perdue discussed two phases of the I-75 master plan that will affect Marion County: additional lanes on I-75 in each direction between State Road 44 and State Road 326, and interim modifications of the SR 326 and State Road 40 interchanges to help alleviate the regular congestion. The agency concluded that the Coastal Connector wasnt worth building because the value of that highway paled in comparison to placating a bunch of well-to-do landowners who have been known to make campaign contributions. '1800108\K`c;T"H62j]p}Z3 joY]Yw@ r They basically wanted to stay the way they were. "The only thing we have is our voice," commission Vice Chairman Craig Curry said at one point in the discussion, which including public comment lasted more than two hours. Folks in Levy County tell me they suspect the real aim here is to provide a highway for Peterffy and other developers. SR 9/I-95 at SR 842/Broward Boulevard Interchange. Or look at what happened in 2018, when the DOT planned to build something called the Coastal Connector, a toll road to link that pointless Suncoast Parkway extension to I-75. That meeting was attended by more than 100 people. This Northern Turnpike Extension would be. 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. Members voted unanimously on Tuesday to send a letter to state transportation officials considering an expansion. Even a vehicle just stalled on the shoulder can cause a five-, six-, 10-mile backup. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)/Florida's Turnpike Enterprise has released 4 options to extend the Florida Turnpike from Wildwood to US19/98. What are we okay with destroying? The meeting started at 9 a.m. and lasted an hour. Suncoast Parkway in Florida But six bullets didnt end Michael Myers, and I doubt it would end this latest M-CORES monstrosity. 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. Florida Phoenix maintains editorial independence. "The Department deeply values community input and is committed to thoroughly exploring all concerns received during this process.". FDOT Americans with Disabilities/Accessibility (ADA), Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike. Providing timely responses to inquiries from the press, government officials, and the public is a crucial function of the Florida Department of Transportation. That farm and that land is meaningful to him.. Citrus County commissioners are opposing proposals to extend Florida's Turnpike through rural counties north of the Tampa Bay region. Ruthie Davis Schlabach. Dora . The interchange is midway between the US 27 (Okeechobee Road) interchange (MP 35) and the I-75 interchange (MP 39). Spanning approximately 48 miles (77 km) along a north-south axis, it supplements the 265-mile . 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. Take a look. Use exit markers and travel plaza markers to navigate to that exit's page. 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 Plans were shelved due to cost factors at the time and limited support. M-CORES. There was a problem saving your notification. by Craig Pittman, Florida Phoenix November 18, 2021. Winds light and variable. Michael McGrath. Donald Pleasence saves her by shooting the homicidal maniac six times. Contact Us, Copyright 2023 Ocala Gazette | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions. It allows us to address congestion on I-75 and really look at our rural roads to address the growing needs of our state.. In a broader sense, the choices we make for highway routes demonstrate what we value as a society. Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, or family status. Our comprehensive maps section covers the toll roads, bridges and tunnels from coast to coast. Contact Austin L. Miller at 867-4118,[email protected]@almillerosb. Bryant then sought approval of her proposed language. Craig Pittman is a native Floridian. Look under the Documents - Public Kickoff Meeting section. 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. Floridas Turnpike System Interactive Map, Turkey Lake Service Plaza 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. Northern Turnpike Extension We are pleased to report that in December 2022, FDOT submitted its required report on the Northern Turnpike segment to the Governor and leaders of the House and Senate. Please purchase a subscription to read our premium content. After spending years as a nighttime sports copy editor and page designer, I made the move to digital editing in 2000. The commissioners told the crowd they just found out about the DOTs plans, too, she said, and they appeared to be just as ticked off as their constituents. Toggle navigation. It went on to say that the county "encourages FDOT to consider the following items while developing the final alignment as authorized by House Bill (HB) 763," and then listedfour recommendations. In a press release issued Wednesday . The board will discuss that, along with the Audubon packet, at its meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Citrus County Courthouse, 110 N. Apopka Ave., Inverness. 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