Video of May0r Dyer speaking below
Those in attendance included Orlando Mayor Dyer, District 3 City Commissioner Patty Sheehan, District 5 City Commissioner Daisy Lynum, District 6 City Commissioner Samuel Ings, City of Orlando Commissioners, Hubbard Construction.
Phase 1 of the extension project connects President Barack Obama Parkway north of Conroy Road to Metrowest Boulevard. Central Floridians working for Hubbard Construction built a total of 1.5 miles of landscaped roadway with lighting, sidewalks and on-street bike lanes for commuters and installed a new signalized intersection at LB McLeod Road. The project also included an extension of the Shingle Creek Trail for pedestrians and bicyclists.
When all segments of the President Barack Obama Parkway extension are completed, the new roadway, as well as the existing segments of Pine Hills Road, will be a nine-mile long continuous connection from the Apopka Area to Conroy Road in the Millenia Area.
This extension project is part of METROPLAN Orlando’s 20-year vision Long Range Transportation Plan. The plan guides transportation through the year 2030 in the Central Florida Region.
The new roadway will provide an alternate north and south route and relieve some of Orlando’s most congested corridors, including Interstate-4, John Young Parkway and Kirkman Road.
Phase 1 of the extension project connects President Barack Obama Parkway north of Conroy Road to Metrowest Boulevard. Central Floridians working for Hubbard Construction built a total of 1.5 miles of landscaped roadway with lighting, sidewalks and on-street bike lanes for commuters and installed a new signalized intersection at LB McLeod Road. The project also included an extension of the Shingle Creek Trail for pedestrians and bicyclists.
When all segments of the President Barack Obama Parkway extension are completed, the new roadway, as well as the existing segments of Pine Hills Road, will be a nine-mile long continuous connection from the Apopka Area to Conroy Road in the Millenia Area.
This extension project is part of METROPLAN Orlando’s 20-year vision Long Range Transportation Plan. The plan guides transportation through the year 2030 in the Central Florida Region.
The new roadway will provide an alternate north and south route and relieve some of Orlando’s most congested corridors, including Interstate-4, John Young Parkway and Kirkman Road.
Site of the ribbon-cutting:
Below is a map of the full parkway once completed:
Mayor Buddy Dyer
District 6 City Commissioner Samuel Ings
District 5 City Commissioner Daisy Lynum
District 3 City Commissioner Patty Sheehan
City and state officials take the first drive on the parkway