News Reedy Creek Improvement District and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District

[castlecake2.0]

State Road 535 (Avalon Road) North from the intersection at Hartzog is now wall to wall apartment complexes up to New Independence. I had to make a detour to get out of Waterleigh due to road resurfacing and the same is going south.

The roads in Horizons West currently can't handle the traffic resulting from the increase in developments.

Yeah, it's nice that 429 North of the toll before the Turnpike had been widened, but it's a hot mess in the AM & PM up to that spot.

The amount of construction since I bought 2.5 years ago is insane.

Don't know HOW they'll widen Western Way once you leave property because there's not much space to add another lane under the 429 overpass.

Flamingo Crossings area is growing. And the roads can't handle the traffic.

The blessing of size lead to urban sprawl on property, the very thing Walt’s EPCOT was trying to fix. One solution could be trying to implement public transit to get Cast living nearby to work, but Orlando’s transit is terrible, and the sprawl across property makes it hard to make an efficient system for moving people. Now with the sprawl surrounding the property, Disney roads are becoming the shortcuts. The isolated feel of entire resort is quickly disappearing.

 

[lazyboy97o]

The blessing of size lead to urban sprawl on property, the very thing Walt’s EPCOT was trying to fix. One solution could be trying to implement public transit to get Cast living nearby to work, but Orlando’s transit is terrible, and the sprawl across property makes it hard to make an efficient system for moving people. Now with the sprawl surrounding the property, Disney roads are becoming the shortcuts. The isolated feel of entire resort is quickly disappearing.

And instead of real solutions people just double down on the causes of traffic.

 

[LAKid53]

The blessing of size lead to urban sprawl on property, the very thing Walt’s EPCOT was trying to fix. One solution could be trying to implement public transit to get Cast living nearby to work, but Orlando’s transit is terrible, and the sprawl across property makes it hard to make an efficient system for moving people. Now with the sprawl surrounding the property, Disney roads are becoming the shortcuts. The isolated feel of entire resort is quickly disappearing.

It is.

I laugh everytime I'm GPSed through property on the way back from MCO. And I think the same on the way home from Port Canaveral.

I'd rather make a larger loop around than drive Osceola Parkway to LBV Drive to Western Way to Hartzog.

 

[LAKid53]

And instead of real solutions people just double down on the causes of traffic.

Have you met OC Planning?

Their middle name is urban sprawl....

 

[Dr.GrantSeeker]

I remember RCID approving a bunch of infrastructure work for Western Way and the BV Drive intersection right before they became CFTOD. Do we still know if these improvements are going to happen and when? @lentesta I’m tagging you because i vaguely remember you talking about this a year ago-ish, which is how I learned about it in the first place. Unless my memory is totally wrong (which it could be) so I apologize in advance if you never mentioned these improvements!

 

[LAKid53]

I remember RCID approving a bunch of infrastructure work for Western Way and the BV Drive intersection right before they became CFTOD. Do we still know if these improvements are going to happen and when? @lentesta I’m tagging you because i vaguely remember you talking about this a year ago-ish, which is how I learned about it in the first place. Unless my memory is totally wrong (which it could be) so I apologize in advance if you never mentioned these improvements!

What more can be done?

 

[lentesta]

I remember RCID approving a bunch of infrastructure work for Western Way and the BV Drive intersection right before they became CFTOD. Do we still know if these improvements are going to happen and when? @lentesta I’m tagging you because i vaguely remember you talking about this a year ago-ish, which is how I learned about it in the first place. Unless my memory is totally wrong (which it could be) so I apologize in advance if you never mentioned these improvements!

AFAIK the road budget is still in place. IIRC it was a tie-in of Western Way to the east side of property.

ETA: Yep. Look at Exhibit D in this doc from the CFTOD boaerd meeting on 2024-06-05.

 

[castlecake2.0]

 

[Dr.GrantSeeker]

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Oof, 2031 is a long ways away! Wonder how long it will actually take if and when they start it.

Edit: thanks Len!

 

[DCBaker]

Here's a look at the agenda for the CFTOD Board of Supervisors meeting next week, which includes an item about District support for the Sunshine Corridor study:

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Here's the full packet: https://www.oversightdistrict.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-28-25-BOS-Agenda-packet.pdf

Item 7.4 on the Sunshine Corridor PD&E Study:

 

[lazyboy97o]

Bob Iger is a coward who has been unable to actually buy protection.

FCC to Investigate Disney Over DEI Practices

Brendan Carr says he's putting the "finishing touches" on a letter for the ABC parent company The post FCC to Investigate Disney Over DEI Practices appeared first on TheWrap.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Stripes]

Bob Iger is a coward who has been unable to actually buy protection.

FCC to Investigate Disney Over DEI Practices

Brendan Carr says he's putting the "finishing touches" on a letter for the ABC parent company The post FCC to Investigate Disney Over DEI Practices appeared first on TheWrap.

www.yahoo.com

None of the FCC licenses for Disney owned ABC stations expire until after the end of the Trump administration.

 

[lazyboy97o]

None of the FCC licenses for Disney owned ABC stations expire until after the end of the Trump administration.

Until an executive order says otherwise. Iger has repeatedly caved to illegal actions. No reason to expect he won’t do so again.

 

[Stripes]

Until an executive order says otherwise. Iger has repeatedly caved to illegal actions. No reason to expect he won’t do so again.

An executive order stating otherwise would be quickly blocked by a judge. There is little, if any, risk to the company here. Carr is just trying to look like he’s doing something without actually doing anything.

 

[flynnibus]

An executive order stating otherwise would be quickly blocked by a judge. There is little, if any, risk to the company here. Carr is just trying to look like he’s doing something without actually doing anything.

That's what all the federal employees thought too...

 

[Stripes]

That's what all the federal employees thought too...

Many of those terminations have been blocked too. An executive order revoking the FCC license for any station would be one of the clearest examples of an unconstitutional action.

 

[mmascari]

An executive order stating otherwise would be quickly blocked by a judge. There is little, if any, risk to the company here.

Maybe. There's only something for a judge to block if Disney fights it. If it happens, Disney may just give up and cave if they're worried about some other activity, such as a M&A purchase being blocked.

 

[Stripes]

Maybe. There's only something for a judge to block if Disney fights it. If it happens, Disney may just give up and cave if they're worried about some other activity, such as a M&A purchase being blocked.

I don’t think Disney is in the market to buy or sell any broadcast stations.

 

[Dranth]

Maybe. There's only something for a judge to block if Disney fights it. If it happens, Disney may just give up and cave if they're worried about some other activity, such as a M&A purchase being blocked.

This.

In the courts, the vast majority of these activities have been blocked or outright reversed when lawsuits have been filed, but that doesn't remove the target so a lot will just cave. Companies in particular don't want to deal with years of EOs and entire government agencies targeting them.

Great times. Hope everyone who thinks this kind of activity is a good idea stays consistent when the shoe is on the other foot down the line.

 

[mmascari]

I don’t think Disney is in the market to buy or sell any broadcast stations.

Doesn't have to be a broadcast station.

Anything Disney wants to buy that is subject to any approval by any government agency.