Roadway Projects
The City of Minneola has conducted a Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study for a collector road serving the growing communities in the area bound by US 27 on the west, CR 561A on the north, Triple E Road on the east and CR 50 (Old 50) on the south.
The Wekiva Parkway will connect SR 429's future north end at US 441 in Apopka to I-4 in Sanford. The SR 46 By-Pass will connect the Wekiva Parkway, in the general proximity of the Lake/Orange County Line to US 441 in Mount Dora. As currently planned, an interchange will be constructed at the current location where US 441 and SR 46 meet.
SR 50, a regionally significant arterial that bisects the Central Florida area, connects US 19, SR 589 (the Suncoast Parkway), I-75, US 27, the Florida Turnpike, SR 429, SR 408 (the East-West Expressway), I-4, SR 417 (the Central Florida Greeneway), and I-95, all Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) facilities.
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is conducting a Project Development and Environmental (PD&E) Study for SR 40, from the end of the existing 4-lane section in Marion County to US 17 in Volusia County. The objective of this study is to determine the best alternative to provide mobility and safety improvements for SR 40 through the project limits.
SR 44, a regionally significant two lane arterial connecting US 441, in Mount Dora, to East Orange Avenue, in Eustis, provide access from the Golden Triangle and other parts of eastern Lake County to the Wekiva River Basin, Ocala National Forest, St. Johns River, Deland and points northeast. Formerly known as CR 44B, this segment of SR 44 is highly ranked in the MPO’s List of Priority Projects (LOPP) and is currently being designed by the FDOT as a four-lane corridor with median, sidewalks and bicycle lanes.
SR 25 (US 27) is currently programmed to be widened to six lanes, from SR 520 (US 192) at the Polk County Line to CR 561 in Minneola. The southern and northern sections, from SR 530 to Boggy Marsh Road, and from SR 50 to CR 561, are currently under construction. The middle sections, from Boggy Marsh Road to Lake Louisa Road, and from Lake Louisa Road to SR 50, are wrapping up design and moving into right-of-way acquisition.
SR 500, a.k.a. US 441, is a far-reaching roadway that connects several major cities in Central Florida, including Gainesville, Ocala, Leesburg, Tavares, Eustis, Mount Dora, Apopka, Orlando, Kissimmee and St. Cloud. In Lake County, US 441 is an arterial that serves as a primary route to get from one side of the County to the other. With few to no parallel routes available, traffic levels will continue to increase, bringing about a serious need for capacity enhancements. Already in the process of being six-laned through much of Leesburg, the entire corridor, from Lady Lake to Mount Dora will likely be widened to six lanes in the near future. The Florida Department of Transportation currently has several segments funded through the Right-of-Way acquisition phase. In addition, the Lake~Sumter MPO currently ranks Construction funding for those segments of US 441, from Leesburg to Lady Lake, number one on their unfunded priority list.
The Lake-Sumter Metropolitan Planning Organization (LSMPO) is preparing a Project Development and Environmental (PD&E) Feasibility Study, intended to investigate alternative traffic improvements for the one-mile section of CR-466A (Cleveland Avenue), between US 301 and CR 139, in Wildwood.