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Mall requires wider S.R. 50, state decides
The first few paragraphs:
For reference: our house is roughly two miles east of Avalon Road and four miles west of Good Homes Road, and immediately north of State Road 50.
And I got news for the DoT; it's already at gridlock status for much of the day. I learned right away that I am far better off taking Story Road to Maquire to Orlando Avenue as back roads rather than dealing with 50.
The first few paragraphs:
The state agency that approves large commercial developments has accomplished what a group of dedicated protesters has been trying to do for months -- put the brakes on one of the largest shopping centers in Central Florida.
The state Department of Community Affairs is stalling development plans for Winter Garden Village at Fowler Groves until local officials and the developer come up with a specific funding plan to help widen to six lanes a six-mile section of State Road 50.
The section, which runs through Ocoee and Winter Garden -- from Avalon Road to Good Homes Road -- is not in the state Department of Transportation's current five-year improvement plan, even though it is expected to reach gridlock status with the opening of the huge shopping center in late 2007.
For reference: our house is roughly two miles east of Avalon Road and four miles west of Good Homes Road, and immediately north of State Road 50.
And I got news for the DoT; it's already at gridlock status for much of the day. I learned right away that I am far better off taking Story Road to Maquire to Orlando Avenue as back roads rather than dealing with 50.
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