Post by Logan on Jun 3, 2016 4:25:51 GMT -6
The construction of nearly $3 billion in new transportation projects south of the Orlando International Airport is moving forward, with the first impact to traffic flow occurring in the middle of next week.
The $1.3 billion train station and 2,500-space parking garage just a couple miles from the airport are on schedule and within budget, expected to be finished late next year. Jeff Fuqua Boulevard south of the airport will have its southbound lane shifted about three-quarters of a mile starting June 8 to a new parallel road that overpasses three rail lines.
"We'll have cars, we'll have planes – and now trains," said Carolyn Fennell, spokeswoman for the airport.
The new train station will accommodate people-movers from the northern airport terminal. It will also be part of All Aboard Florida's Brightline, the nation's first privately funded intercity train system that will run from Miami to West Palm Beach to Orlando.
Read more: www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-orlando-airport-south-terminal-traffic-20160602-story.html
The $1.3 billion train station and 2,500-space parking garage just a couple miles from the airport are on schedule and within budget, expected to be finished late next year. Jeff Fuqua Boulevard south of the airport will have its southbound lane shifted about three-quarters of a mile starting June 8 to a new parallel road that overpasses three rail lines.
"We'll have cars, we'll have planes – and now trains," said Carolyn Fennell, spokeswoman for the airport.
The new train station will accommodate people-movers from the northern airport terminal. It will also be part of All Aboard Florida's Brightline, the nation's first privately funded intercity train system that will run from Miami to West Palm Beach to Orlando.
Read more: www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-orlando-airport-south-terminal-traffic-20160602-story.html