LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – A long-planned flyover from Interstate 4 to the Disney Springs area has been scrapped by Florida transportation officials, News 6 learned Wednesday.
The Florida Department of Transportation had originally planned a new interchange at State Road 535 and I-4. It would include a flyover from I-4 to Hotel Plaza Boulevard. The new interchange was meant to handle the heavy traffic into Disney.
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The decision in 2021 included seizing the popular Crossroads shopping center through eminent domain and demolishing it.
Now instead of a flyover, FDOT said it will do four things: realign the I-4 westbound entrance ramp from SR-535 to improve traffic flow for people merging onto I-4 and construct a new loop ramp from northbound SR-535 to westbound I-4 to eliminate the need for drivers to turn left across traffic.
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FDOT is also going to lengthen the westbound I-4 exit ramp to SR-535 to move that traffic off I-4′s main lanes and reduce backups. It will also extend the storage for left- and right-turn lanes on SR-535.
Construction work is not set to begin until fall 2023.
FDOT said it also sees plans for improvement in eastbound travel at that intersection as more funding becomes available.
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