TRAFFIC
FDOT prepares to begin Longwood SR-434 improvement project
Read full article: FDOT prepares to begin Longwood SR-434 improvement projectConstruction is nearing on a project designed to relieve traffic and improve safety near one of Longwood’s busiest intersections. A stretch of State Road 434 near Ronald Reagan Boulevard will get new turn lanes, as well as bike lanes.
School bus cameras come to Lake County starting Aug. 10. Here’s when warnings, fines will start
Read full article: School bus cameras come to Lake County starting Aug. 10. Here’s when warnings, fines will startThe first day of school in Lake County will also be day one of a new school bus camera program to catch people violating laws around school buses. The school district says 240 buses will be equipped with the stop-arm safety cameras on Monday, Aug. 10.
Florida Transportation officials seek public input on plan to widen East Colonial Drive
Read full article: Florida Transportation officials seek public input on plan to widen East Colonial DriveFDOT is in the design phase for a project on East Colonial Drive from Avalon Park Boulevard to Chuluota Road. The plan could add lanes, build shared-use paths on both sides of the roadway and make intersection improvements. It also includes additional stormwater drainage ponds.
Here’s where Flock cameras have been deployed across Central Florida
Read full article: Here’s where Flock cameras have been deployed across Central FloridaAs a growing number of municipalities and private entities install automatic license plate readers to help solve crimes, locate missing people and identify trespassers, privacy advocates are creating online maps that reveal the devices’ locations.
Southbound lanes reopen on Florida’s Turnpike after crash in Lake County
Read full article: Southbound lanes reopen on Florida’s Turnpike after crash in Lake CountyA crash on Florida’s Turnpike southbound is causing major traffic delays Friday morning just before mile marker 274, near the SR-50/Clermont exit, serving Winter Garden and Clermont.
New study offers solutions to downtown Maitland’s traffic problem
Read full article: New study offers solutions to downtown Maitland’s traffic problemAfter years of studies, there may finally be a path forward to ease traffic and mobility issues in downtown Maitland — an area drivers and pedestrians say feels chaotic and even dangerous.