Citrus County commissioners are opposing proposals to extend Florida's Turnpike through rural counties north of the Tampa Bay region. Traveler Information. 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. Turns out, it was one of the best moves I've ever made. 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. An extension of the Suncoast Parkway opened Monday, the Florida Department of Transportation announced in a press release. "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.". 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. Support WUSF now by giving monthly, or make a one-time donation online. "Smart build, that first seeks to expand existing infrastructure, avoids damage to our ecosystem, the nature in the Nature Coast and the foundation of our ecotourism and our rural lifestyle that many value here," Seveska said. Florida's Turnpike. See this map in color with this story at www.RiverlandNews.com.The Citrus County Chamber of Commerce has joined forces with the Ocala and Dunnellon chambers in asking the state to work with them on a northern turnpike extension route that addresses common environmental and other concerns. The DOT secretary wrote a letter saying they would abandon their Coastal Connector plans and instead work on making Interstate 75 better. He lives in St. Petersburg with his wife and children. 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. This is a specious argument, given that the task forces found no need for any of the roads, and the DOT has previously committed to improving I-75. Support WUSF now by giving monthly, or make a one-time donation online. That showed the agency cares enough about bad publicity to pay lip service to replicating history, but not to actually preserving it. The road which clearly meant so much more than just a road lost out. Motorists in Hernando and Citrus counties now have an easier way to travel to and from the greater Tampa Bay region. City Council members Jan Cubbage, Louise Kenny, Valerie Hanchar, Anita Williams and the mayor all voted yes for the resolution. Critics dubbed the M-CORES Billionaire Boulevards.. The 13-mile stretch of the toll road will take it north from US 98 in Homosassa to State Road 44 in Lecanto. An FDOT map shows the four corridor alternatives for the proposed Northern Turnpike Extension. August 4, 2022. 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. What do we want to save? 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. "What happens to rural Florida and our lifestyle is up to you and the local governments that are in the paths of this destruction," McDavid said during the workshop. We believe something is needed for the future of Florida.. Theypacked the auditorium. 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. We got a lot of feedback from communities, said Perdue to muttering, groans and laughs from the audience, which he acknowledged. The latest news and how to stay informed. I learned about the politics of road-building growing up in the Panhandle. Floridas Turnpike System Interactive Map, Turkey Lake Service Plaza "The "No Build" resolutions, and all of your tireless work across the region, are the reasons we are getting closer to a complete victory," wrote Cris Costello, Senior Organizing Manager for the Sierra Club, in an email to members of the No Roads to Ruin coalition Thursday. I think that an extension of the Turnpike would be beneficial to cross-Florida traffic. Florida's transportation system includes roadway, air, rail, sea, spaceports, bus transit, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities. During a special meeting held at . Directions & Map, 1996 - 2020 SR 9/I-95 at SR 842/Broward Boulevard Interchange. 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 Florida's Turnpike from its terminus at Interstate 75 in Wildwood northwest to U.S. 19 in Levy County. Northern Turnpike Extension FPID 449743-2 North 95. 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. 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. The 25 mile long Wekiva Parkway currently extends 19 miles north from Orange Blossom Trail in Apopka to SR 46 west of Sanford. Providing timely responses to inquiries from the press, government officials, and the public is a crucial function of the Florida Department of Transportation. %%EOF It would have provided a direct route from southeast and central Florida with the panhandle. Osceola Parkway, signed as County Road 522 (CR 522) since around 2003 (and originally planned as State Road 424 [not verified in body]), is a 17.5-mile-long (28.2 km), partially tolled arterial road extending east-west across the northern boundary of Osceola County, Florida, roughly paralleling the border with Orange County.It connects Walt Disney World with Interstate 4 and Florida's . 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. Dunnellon takes a stand:Council tells state it doesn't want northern extension of the Florida Turnpike, Development decision:SW Marion land owner gets second delay to finalize 841-home development near SummerGlen, Local growth:Ocala/Marion among nation's fastest growing metros with home construction up 42% in a year. We embrace our communities, he said, but we know we have to do something. 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. Polk Parkway. 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. State Road 589 (SR 589), also known as the Veterans Expressway and Suncoast Parkway, is a north-south toll road near the Florida Gulf Coast. But six bullets didnt end Michael Myers, and I doubt it would end this latest M-CORES monstrosity. We hope that you continue to enjoy our free content. "The environment, homes, farms, timberland, recreation areas, and our way of life are all at risk.". Commissioners noted that this is a state project, authorized by law, and the study will happen with or without county government's involvement. SunPass. Search All Exits along Florida's Turnpike traveling Northbound in Florida. SR 869/SW 10th Street Connector from Florida's Turnpike/Sawgrass Expressway to SR 9/I-95. There are four alternative routes being proposed. Your current subscription does not provide access to this content. Craig is co-host of the "Welcome to Florida" podcast. Staff drew up a resolution to that effect to send to the state. 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. In a press release issued Wednesday . Commissioner Jeff Gold joined Stone in voting yes. Dunnellon takes a stand: Council tells state it doesn't want northern extension of the Florida Turnpike Development decision: SW. "Based on feedback received from across the four-county study area, significant concerns were identified with portions of all four initially proposed corridors," according to a release from the state Department of Transportation. 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. But when the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the M-CORES price tag suddenly seemed too high and the state made another choice. 75 Express. "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. It allows us to address congestion on I-75 and really look at our rural roads to address the growing needs of our state.. You can find recent press releases, public notices, media contacts, links to our social media pages and newsroom. Mark Seveska lives in the Pine Ridge community in Citrus County, which falls in one of the proposed paths. Citrus County is currently under consideration within the study area for this Turnpike Extension via Alternative Corridor Central and Alternative Corridor South. Around 100 people waving signs showed up for the Levy County Commission meeting Tuesday to object to the Northern Turnpike Extension, even though that road wasnt on the commission agenda. A programmed project to widen the Turnpike Extension from three to . Please donate or subscribe: Magnolia Media Company Instead, state transportation planners will look at expanding Interstate 75 north from where it connects with the turnpike. 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. We had a wily Escambia County commissioner named Grady Albritton who some people dubbed the King of the County. He was so powerful because he controlled the road crews in his district and he knew how to use that to swap favors. On Monday, a united Dunnellon City Council unanimously approved a resolution calling on the state to adopt the "no build" option. Bryant then sought approval of her proposed language. Northern Turnpike Extension. Even a vehicle just stalled on the shoulder can cause a five-, six-, 10-mile backup. Sawgrass Expressway. He is the author of six books. [FDOT map] Plans were shelved due to cost factors at the time and limited support. OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Marion County Commissioners heard from concerned residents Tuesday on a proposed FDOT project that could go through north central Florida. The latest news and how to stay informed. It would have impacted large areas in either Citrus, Sumter, Levy and Marion counties. Contact Austin L. Miller at 867-4118,austin.miller@starbanner.comor@almillerosb. Procedurally, Stone and Gold were prohibited from asking for a reconsideration of Stone's original motion. If Florida Gov. Milepost 263 Nearly two weeks ago, the five council members had directed staff to put together a resolution signaling their intentto fight the measure. McGrath said it's clear that Dunnellon residents are overwhelmingly opposed to the four proposed paths, and he hope all the local governmental bodies whose communities will be affected by the roadway will unite in opposition. 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. Under Florida law, email addresses are public records. The option of most concern residents said, would connect the Florida turnpike's northern terminus at Wildwood and go through the rural areas of Citrus, Levy, Marion and Sumter counties. We want that something to preserve your farmland, to fit the growth patterns that are occurring. %PDF-1.7 % Nearly 200 people packed into the commission auditorium in Ocala. SR 9/I-95 from SW 10th Street to Hillsboro Boulevard. DUNNELLON The Dunnellon City Council on Monday unanimously approved a resolution objecting to the proposed northern extension of the Florida Turnpike. Turnpike Mainline. We, the undersigned residents of Citrus County Florida, strongly oppose the toll road being considered in Project # 14480Turnpike (SR91) Extension at the Northern Terminus. Florida Turnpike officials could add four additional lanes elevated or separated from local expressway traffic. 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. Rick Scott ruin their pastures by ramming a strip of asphalt through them! We use our collective power to take a very hard line against these "Roads to Ruin". 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. 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. There was a problem saving your notification. 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).". Traffic Information System. Ocoee, Florida 34761 Sally McDavid, a fourth-generation Floridian, said getting away from urban sprawl is why many people moved to Citrus County. We continue the fight to stop the Northern Turnpike Extension toll road and the sprawl inducing expansions along US 19/98. 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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. I wasn't always a morning person. Please log in, or sign up for a new account to continue reading. 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. Contact Austin L. Miller at 867-4118,austin.miller@starbanner.comor@almillerosb. ],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) At the films climax do I really need yell SPOILER ALERT here for a 43-year-old movie? As of the summits date, Straub said, The county has nothing going on at County Road 318, she stated. We know we need to do something, he said. Phone: 352.732.0073 But Curry, who was on the prevailing side of that vote, did agree to revisit Stone's language. 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 ", The coalition, which was formed to oppose the proposed toll roads, said "If built, this extension would destroy large swaths of Floridas last remaining rural lands, threaten waterways with pollution, endanger iconic wildlife, disrupt farmlands, and promote unsustainable sprawl.". Construction on Sections 2B and 2A wrapped up with a ribbon cutting ceremony and 5K run on the morning of March 31, 2018. For instance, in 2016, when the Florida DOT went ahead with building an extension for the lightly-used Suncoast Parkway, they cut through the Withlacoochee State Forest and obliterated the site of an ancient turpentine camp named Etna which was on the National Register of Historic Places. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The Sierra Club of Florida previously sided with the no-builders for various environmental reasons. There are four alternative routes being proposed. It said a report was due to the governor, president of the Florida Senate and Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives by Dec. 31. 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. PO Box 188 Arms projected a color map on an overhead screen for commissioners. Box 613069 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. They basically wanted to stay the way they were. 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. Signage directs drivers to the South Norfolk Jordan Bridge, a toll bridge across the Elizabeth River between Chesapeake and Norfolk, Virginia. Resident Diane Garte said this will hurt their livelihood. The Phoenix is a nonprofit news site thats free of advertising and free to readers. The Homestead Extension (HEFT) provides an alternate route to metropolitan Miami from the Overseas Highway, avoiding much of the congestion along U.S. 1 (Dixie Highway). FDOT officials determined all of the routes had concerns . South EXIT 2X Northwest 199th Street (CR 854) - Stadium Miami, Florida EXIT 4X Turnpike south (SR 821) - Homestead . But now here comes the Northern Turnpike Extension, and more choices to make. WUSF Public Media - WUSF 89.7 | SR 9/I-95 south of SR 870/Commercial Boulevard to north of Cypress Creek Road Interchanges. Commissioners Kathy Bryant and Michelle Stone each made suggestionson what language should be used in the DOT letter. 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 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). 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. Instead, the agency would focus on improving Interstate 75. Though these are the four proposed routes, the study areas is all of Marion, Levy, Sumter and Citrus counties (outlined in dark green). The Audubon Society concurred with SWFWMDs objection and said Alternative Corridor North A has the worst level of impact on the Districts conservation lands. 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. by Craig Pittman, Florida Phoenix November 18, 2021. The state wants to plow a highway through the historic Black community. 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. Citrus County's elected leaders agreed Friday that the "no-build" option for a possible Florida Turnpike extension is no option for them. Craig Pittman is a native Floridian. Thank you for reading! 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. At least two of the potential routes show it cutting through Levy County. FDOT maps show four proposed alignments to take the turnpike from Wildwood at I-75 to U.S. 19 north of Crystal River. 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. 07/25/17. Many addressed the five commissioners, and the vast majority of them wanted the board to join the City of Dunnellon in fully objecting to the road project, which would extend the turnpike's northern terminus from Wildwood/Interstate 75 west to U.S. 19. Contact Editor Diane Rado for questions: info@floridaphoenix.com. Mostly sunny. He says the Department of Transportation study does not look at what he called "smart build" options. P.O. The state DOT would like to run a highway through it. 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. 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Cardinal Street. 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 area north of the interchange has been notorious for massive traffic jams in recent years. Members of the audience jeered, booed and hissed at the prevailing motion. It would have impacted large areas in either Citrus, Sumter, Levy and Marion counties. She voted no, as did Curry and Gold, and the motion died 3-2. Map of the Sawgrass Expressway, including exits, toll locations and available plazas and rest areas. P.O. 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 . A look at the Florida road map can give an idea about the route and location of these roads. M-CORES. 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. The southernmost road would have demolished habitat for our official state animal, the panther. Each of the routes would pave over large swaths of rural areas. Residents spoke out against the proposed Northern Turnpike Extension project for about an hour and a half, and that included Dunnellon Mayor Bill White. Straub also showed a slide of the I-75 and County Road 318 area, the subject of extensive discussion at BOCC meetings in the past. But according to Roscow, they built it in Hernando County, not Citrus. It is the first phase of an extension that will eventually take the parkway north to County Road 486 in Citrus. A 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. 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 That meeting was attended by more than 100 people. Jim Tatum from Fort White said the community doesn't need the toll road and there's no benefit of having it. I-595 Express Lane Projects. Talk to others. 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. The plans for Alternative Corridor North route of turnpike extension would originate at the Wildwood I-75/Florida Turnpike connection. Meanwhile, rural northern counties including Levy said they had no interest in allowing big, sprawl-causing toll roads to plow through their rural landscape. Completing the Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) section of the beltway, the five mile segment links Kelly Park Road with the Mt. But the potential northern extension of the turnpike was allowed to proceed to the study phase. Steve Newborn is a WUSF reporter and producer at WUSF covering environmental issues and politics in the Tampa Bay area. You can find recent press releases, public notices, media contacts, links Is something needed between I-75 and the west coast? he asked. An FDOT map shows the four corridor alternatives for the proposed Northern Turnpike Extension ranging through the area to reach U.S. 19. 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. Email questions and comments to: Maps & Publications Sales at co-mapsandpubs@dot.state.fl.us. And engage with FDOT in public input. Then, in a move even a dung beetle would call stinky, Galvano announced that he had had a brilliant idea: Florida should build a bunch of expensive roads that the DOT didnt have on any of its maps, and it should do this really fast. Look under the Documents - Public Kickoff Meeting section. Commissioners on the losing side of a vote cannot take such action. 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. x. Loading. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. 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