{"id":2837,"date":"2025-02-04T12:15:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T17:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/?p=2837"},"modified":"2025-02-04T12:28:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T17:28:53","slug":"everglades-headwaters-toll-road-idea-back-in-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/?p=2837","title":{"rendered":"Everglades Headwaters Toll Road Idea Back In Play"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250203_091523952.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250203_091523952-1024x490.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250203_091523952-1024x490.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250203_091523952-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250203_091523952-768x367.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250203_091523952-1536x735.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250203_091523952-2048x979.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After being shelved in 2018, the Southport Connector is being actively considered again.<br>Officials from the Central Florida Expressway Authority briefed the Polk County Commission on one aspect of the project, which involves a way to reduce traffic congestion in Poinciana by building a second highway down the median of Cypress Parkway as an extension of the Poinciana Parkway.<br>The map of the other aspect of the project also showed a proposed new road that would loop through largely undeveloped agricultural land south of Lake Tohopekaliga to reach the Florida Turnpike and Canoe Creek Road.<br>A second road project is being considered that would loop northward to the eastern edge of St. Cloud to reach U.S. 192. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250203_091222806_HDR.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"726\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250203_091222806_HDR.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250203_091222806_HDR.jpg 726w, https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250203_091222806_HDR-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Even if these projects get the go ahead, they are probably at least 10 years out from the beginning of construction and the subsequent urban sprawl they will cause.<br>There are some public meetings coming later this year if you want to comment on any of these proposals.<br>Go to https:\/\/www.movepoinciana.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being shelved in 2018, the Southport Connector is being actively considered again.Officials from the Central Florida Expressway Authority briefed the Polk County Commission on one aspect of the project, which involves a way to reduce traffic congestion in Poinciana by building a second highway down the median of Cypress Parkway as an extension of 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