PeterAlt
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Considering that I-4 is a state and Federal road, I would assume that the state would be doing this (with Disney's money).
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Prep Work Has Begun for New Direct Ramp to Disney Springs Garage
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PeterAlt
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Where will it lead to? Directly into the garages?
PeterAlt
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Don't get me started!
PeterAlt
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I don't know if what you circled is indeed the elevated crosswalk, but Disney has said this will be part of the project.
ozzel1
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Looks like the area in purple is the main Bus entry, and also looks like some access to the Marketplace garage.
Blue looks like the new Cast Member/Other office. There is currently a 'office' building in the area where you circled purple that will have to be relocated. By the picture I posted, it looks like it will be two buildings with a ramp across BVD for CM's.
Wrong flyover. That flyover just allows an entrance under one side of Buena Vista Drive from the other side.This image shows a different alignment of the flyover bridge...
Yeah, that red isn't gonna happen.Another possible alignment...
JungleTrekFan
Active Member
Yes, one could say that past planning was poor for future issues, but how do you predict the future so far in advance that you put in-place the infrastructure that will satisfy a resorts needs for decades to come. As with any urban development, WDW is a growing and breathing city. It does grow and change at a higher rate then most cities i would say.
Now thats not to say i am all for Central Florida completely non existent environmental city planning. The bulldoze and build as if nothing was there before technique of building is completely foreign to me. Orlando does drastically need to re-think its development plan to become more urban and a fulfilling city, instead of the sprawling suburb that it is now. The urban density is so minuscule its sad, which is why public transit in Orlando is also poorly planned and inefficient. But I’m getting off topic with my urban planning rant (sorry been doing a lot of research this month on city planning)
I think this new ramp will greatly increase efficiency and make the need for the 535 entrance less prominent which will also help with traffic and safety of 535. Honestly the need for an I-4 westbound exit from this garage or directly from DDT is unnecessary, since the current buena vista drive to Epcot center drive to I-4 exit works quite well, plus your already heading west anyways when taking that exit. Where as going onto i-4 east bound either has you back tracking from Epcot center drive or hitting all the traffic on hotel plaza and 535. But i don’t see any simple solution to an I-4 east exit.
GrumpyFan
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Are we certain where this is going? I'm getting mixed views here on exactly where it comes in.
Based on the pic of the flyover that runs in front of the parking garage, that @PeterAlt posted, I'm envisioning the ramp coming in like this. Am I wrong?
I drew the red line first, then after looking more closely at the image @PeterAlt posted, realized the flyover started further back, and added the purple line which takes it between the casting building and the bank.
Based on the pic of the flyover that runs in front of the parking garage, that @PeterAlt posted, I'm envisioning the ramp coming in like this. Am I wrong?
I drew the red line first, then after looking more closely at the image @PeterAlt posted, realized the flyover started further back, and added the purple line which takes it between the casting building and the bank.
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mm121
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gross.. this photo shows a change from the going under tunner that was shown in initial photos, to a bridge over on buena vista south..
i know tunnels are harder to build, but in the long run a tunnel would be much more asteticlly pleasing and would help maintain some sense of the disney park like atmosphere vs this huge sea of concrete thats being constructed
i know tunnels are harder to build, but in the long run a tunnel would be much more asteticlly pleasing and would help maintain some sense of the disney park like atmosphere vs this huge sea of concrete thats being constructed
This image shows a different alignment of the flyover bridge...
jensenrick
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Thank goodness
jensenrick
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OMG, are you kidding? An upper floor no less? That sounds like a traffic (and accident) nightmare.
Mike730
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FigmentsFangirl
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I was under the impression that the work going on between Team Disney and Casting {behind the HESS gas station across from the PI bus entry} was where the new incoming ramp was going to be placed. Did this change or is the work going on there for something completely differnet ?
Mike730
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I'm pretty sure that is too east to be for the new ramp. The ramp should be on the other side of the Team Disney building, across from the Disneyquest/Cirque Du Soleil entrance.
PeterAlt
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Cool! Thanks for posting!
Thanks for explaining how plans can change. Hopefully others understand that now.