WHAT:
Mayor Dyer and Orlando City Commissioners will officially break ground on the President Barack Obama Parkway Extension Project on Friday, June 18. The Parkway, formerly Pine Hills Road / Mission Road, was recently renamed President Barack Obama Parkway by the Orlando City Council to honor the 44th President.
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 Beggs Road in the Apopka Area to Conroy Road in the Millenia Area.
The 3.3 mile parkway extension project begins at the intersection of President Barack Obama Parkway and Conroy Road and ends 500 feet north of the intersection of Pine Hills Road and Old Winter Garden Road. The existing arterial roadway continues north of Old Winter Garden Road as Pine Hills Road to Beggs Road in Apopka.
WHY:
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.
WHO:
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
WHEN:
Friday, June 18, 2010
10:30 a.m.
WHERE:
Intersection of President Barack Obama Parkway and Cason Cove Drive
