State plans for future trucking needs on 1-4 | Sanford Herald

State plans for future trucking needs on 1-4

October 07, 2023 - 06:02

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AT THE GATEWAY OF TWO BUSTLING COUNTIES — At an estimated cost of $60 million, a parcel of 18.3 acres will be transformed into a parking lot with 132 spaces for semi tractor-trailers. Engineering and design of the parking site are underway, and right-of-way acquisition is set to begin during the state’s current fiscal year, FY 2024. Construction, however, may begin in Fiscal Year 2026.

A tandem parking area in Volusia County is now in its design phase. With an estimated total cost of $81.8 million, the FDOT is planning to develop 73.3 acres along the eastbound Interstate 4, with 275 truck spaces, and another site of 120 acres on the westbound side of the superhighway, which will offer 253 spaces. The design of the parking sites on both sides of the superhighway is set to take place during the state’s current fiscal year, 2024. The current estimated total cost of the two truck-parking site

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