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!