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Overview of Transportation Corridors in the
East Central Florida Study Area
Prepared for the
East Central Florida Corridor Task Force
August 2014
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Prepared by
Florida Department of Economic Opportunity and
Florida Department of Transportation
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA CORRIDOR TASK FORCE ................................................................ 1
OVERVIEW OF CORRIDORS IN THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA STUDY AREA ................ 2
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................2
Principles Guiding Corridor Planning in East Central Florida .............................................................................3
The Study Area’s Transportation System.................................................................................................................7
Transportation System Challenges ......................................................................................................................... 10
Planned and Proposed Multimodal Corridor Improvements ............................................................................ 14
Implications for the East Central Florida Corridor Task Force and the Study Process ................................ 23
APPENDIX 1: NOTABLE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
STUDY AREA .....................................................................................................................................24
APPENDIX 2: PLANNED AND PROPOSED MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS...................28
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1
East Central Florida Study Area .......................................................................................... 1
Figure 2
Existing Transportation System in the East Central Florida Study Area .......................... 8
Figure 3
Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) Facilities in the East Central Florida Study Area ....... 9
Figure 4
State Highways and Other Major Roads Operating Over Capacity in 2012 ..................... 11
Figure 5
State Highways and Other Major Roads Projected to Operate Over Capacity in 2040.... 12
Figure 6
State Highways and Other Major Roads Projected to Operate Over Capacity in 2060.... 13
Figure 7
Planned Multimodal Transportation Improvements ........................................................ 15
Figure 8
Unfunded Corridor Improvement Needs, Concepts, and Proposals................................ 16
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EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA CORRIDOR TASK FORCE
Florida Governor Rick Scott created the East Central Florida Corridor Task Force through an
Executive Order signed on November 1, 2013. Its purpose is to evaluate and develop consensus
recommendations on future transportation corridors serving established and emerging economic
activity centers in planning for portions of Brevard, Orange, and Osceola counties (Figure 1). The
Task Force will involve stakeholders and the public as it develops its recommendations. Its work
recognizes that well-planned transportation corridors can improve mobility and connectivity for
people and freight, support economic development, promote high-quality development patterns,
help preserve Florida’s natural resources, and facilitate emergency evacuation and response.
The work of the Task Force supports the broader Future Corridors planning process, a statewide
effort led by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to plan for the future of major
transportation corridors critical to the state’s economic competitiveness and quality of life over the
next 50 years. It is based on a three-step process that includes a Concept Study for a potential
corridor study area; a more detailed Evaluation Study for a corridor or segment within the study
area; and more specific decisions about particular alignment(s) within a corridor through the Project
Development and Environment Process.
Figure 1
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OVERVIEW OF CORRIDORS IN THE EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA STUDY AREA
Introduction
“HOW SHALL WE GROW?”
This report provides an overview of current and future
transportation corridors in the East Central Florida Study
Area. It is one of four that highlight the themes of “How
Shall We Grow?,” the shared regional growth vision for
Central Florida developed in 2007(see box to the right).
THEMES: THE FOUR CS

Conservation – Enjoying Central
Florida’s most precious
resources – lands, waters, air, and
wildlife.
How Shall We Grow? depicts that the region’s residents said
 Countryside – Maintaining
they desire for the future – a region “that consumes less
Central Florida’s heritage of
land, preserves more precious environmental resources and
agriculture and small villages.
natural countryside, creates more distinctive places to live in
 Centers – Hamlets, villages,
both rural and urban areas, and provides more choices for
towns, and cities – a variety of
how people travel.” It was developed through a broadplaces to live, work, and play.
based, highly participatory 18-month process that involved
more than 20,000 Central Floridians. It forms the basis for
 Corridors – Connecting our
the Central Florida Regional Growth Compact, a voluntary
region with more choices for how
agreement signed by representatives of the region’s 7
people and freight move.
counties and 86 cities committing to continue regional
cooperation to implement the vision and its guiding
principles. It has been incorporated by more than two thirds of Central Florida’s local governments into
updates of comprehensive plans, policies, and other development practices.
The East Central Florida Corridor Task Force may build upon the How Shall We Grow? vision and other
statewide, regional, and local plans, including:
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The 2060 Florida Transportation Plan (FTP), which defines state-level transportation goals,
objectives, and strategies to make the state’s economy more competitive, its communities more livable,
and its environment more sustainable for future generations.
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The East Central Florida 2060 Plan, the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council’s Strategic
Regional Policy Plan, which is intended to implement the regional growth vision and the key themes
it promotes.
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Long Range Transportation Plans adopted by the region’s two metropolitan planning organizations,
MetroPlan Orlando (covering the portions of the study area in Orange and Osceola counties) and the
Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization (covering the portion of the study area in Brevard
County), which provide forums for collaborative decision making around regional transportation issues,
including allocation of federal transportation funding in the region.
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Local Government Comprehensive Plans adopted by local governments in the East Central Florida
study area, which lay out specific policies and implementation guidance for linking transportation
investments with existing and planned development.
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The study area’s transit providers; expressway authorities; airport, seaport, and spaceport authorities; and
other entities also develop a variety of strategic, master, and capital investment plans to guide future
transportation investments.
Principles Guiding Corridor Planning in East Central Florida
2060 Florida Transportation Plan
The Florida Transportation Plan (FTP) is Florida’s long
range transportation plan under state and federal law. The
most recent FTP was completed in 2010 with a 2060
horizon; the FTP will be updated in 2015. The 2060 FTP,
which was developed by a 29 member steering committee
with input from more than 10,000 Floridians, calls for a
fundamental change in how and where Florida invests in
transportation. The 2060 FTP envisions that Florida’s
transportation system in 2060 will be as profoundly
different as today’s system is from the one 50 years ago,
including:
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A statewide, multimodal transportation system which
supports Florida’s economic and livability goals by
providing better connectivity to both urban and
rural areas;
Greater reliance on public transportation systems for
moving people, including a statewide passenger rail
network and enhanced transit systems in Florida’s
major urban areas;
2060 FLORIDA
TRANSPORTATION PLAN GOALS

Invest in transportation systems to
support a prosperous, globally
competitive economy

Make transportation decisions to
support and enhance livable
communities

Make transportation decisions to
promote responsible environmental
stewardship

Provide a safe and secure
transportation system for all users

Maintain and operate Florida’s
transportation system proactively

Improve mobility and connectivity
for people and freight

A statewide, multimodal system of trade gateways,
logistics centers, and transportation corridors to
position Florida as a global hub for commerce and investment;
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An evolving air and space transportation system enabling Florida to remain a global leader for moving
people and cargo between Florida and destinations in other states, nations, and orbit; and

A new generation of infrastructure, vehicles, fuels, and technologies to enable travel with fewer crashes,
reduced delay, and fewer emissions.
The FTP recommends that “Florida should make its most significant transportation decisions – those
involving new facilities or services, or major expansion or transformation of existing ones – in the context
of long range visions about the future growth and development of Florida’s regions and, ideally, the state as
a whole.” As summarized in the six FTP goals, the FTP supports the How Shall We Grow? regional vision
and the East Central Florida 2060 Plan, addressing each of the “four Cs.” The FTP also established specific
long range objectives to help accomplish these goals, including the following related to corridor planning:
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Improve transportation connectivity for people and freight to established and emerging regional
employment centers in rural and urban areas (Economic Competiveness goal);

Plan and develop transportation systems to provide adequate connectivity to economically productive
rural lands (Economic Competiveness goal);
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Invest in transportation capacity improvements to meet future demand for moving people and freight
(Economic Competiveness goal);
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Develop transportation plans and make investments to support the goal of the FTP and other statewide
plans, as well as regional and community visions (Quality of Life goal);

Coordinate transportation and land use decisions to support livable rural and urban communities
(Quality of Life goal);
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Plan and develop transportation systems and facilities in a manner which protects, and, where feasible,
restores the function and character of the natural environment and avoids or minimizes adverse
environmental impacts (Environmental Stewardship goal);

Plan and develop transportation systems to reduce energy consumption, improve air quality, and reduce
greenhouse gas emissions (Environmental Stewardship goal);
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Optimize the efficiency of the transportation system for all modes (Maintenance and Operations goal);

Expand transportation options for residents, visitors, and businesses (Mobility and Connectivity goal); and
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Reinforce and transform Florida’s Strategic Intermodal System to provide multimodal options for
moving people and freight (Mobility and Connectivity goal).
Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) Strategic Plan
A principal element of FTP implementation is through Florida’s Strategic Intermodal System (SIS). The SIS
was created in 2003 to focus state resources on the transportation facilities critical to Florida’s economic
competitiveness and quality of life.
The SIS is a statewide network for high priority transportation facilities, including the state’s largest and
most significant airports, spaceports, deepwater seaports, freight rail terminals, passenger rail and intercity
bus terminals, rail corridors, urban fixed guideway transit facilities, waterways, and highways. The SIS
facilities are the primary means for moving people and freight between Florida’s regions, as well as between
Florida and other states and nations. These facilities are the workhorses of Florida’s transportation system.
They carry more than 99 percent of all commercial air passengers and cargo, virtually all waterborne freight
and cruise passengers, almost all rail freight, and 90 percent of all interregional rail and bus passengers. They
also account for more than 70 percent of all truck traffic and 55 percent of total traffic on the State
Highway System.
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The SIS is Florida’s highest statewide priority for
transportation capacity improvements. The SIS
comprises state highways owned by the Florida
Department of Transportation (FDOT) as well as
airports, spaceports, seaports, waterways, rail lines
and terminals, and roads owned by local
governments, independent authorities, and the
private sector. All SIS facilities are eligible for state
transportation funding, regardless of mode or
ownership, with state funding covering varying
shares of the project costs.
The SIS Strategic Plan sets policies to guide
decisions about which facilities are designated as
part of the SIS, where future SIS investments
should occur, and how priorities among these
investments should be set given limited funding.
The objectives of the 2010 SIS Strategic Plan are
summarized in the box to the right. The SIS
Strategic Plan is updated at least once every five
years, with the next update scheduled for 2015.
“How Shall We Grow?”
“How Shall We Grow?” identifies transportation as
the key factor that will shape urban and rural
development in the region. Investments in the
region’s transportation corridors will support the
shared regional vision and the 4 Cs of
conservation, countryside, centers, and corridors
through a focus on four additional Cs:
2010 STRATEGIC INTERMODAL
SYSTEM (SIS) STRATEGIC PLAN
OBJECTIVES

Enhance connectivity between Florida’s
economic regions and between Florida and
other states and nations for both people and
freight

Reduce delay on and improve the reliability
of travel and transport using SIS facilities.

Expand modal alternatives to SIS highways
for travel and transport between regions,
states, and nations.

Provide for safe and efficient transfers for
both people and freight between all
transportation modes
Provide transportation systems to support
statewide goals related to economic
diversification and development.


Reduce growth rate in vehicle-miles traveled
and associated energy consumption and
emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse
gases.

Help ensure Florida’s transportation system
can meet national defense and emergency
response and evacuation needs.
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Connectivity between centers and to other regions. “Existing or new corridors will connect the
major city centers within Central Florida. Where possible, the preference should be to enhance existing
corridors, but new corridors may be needed where there are ‘gaps’ in this system. It also will be
important to work with the state to enhance the corridors that connect Central Florida to other parts of
Florida, other states, and other nations, using a mix of road, rail, water, and air. These corridors should
reinforce the ‘mega-region’ linking Central Florida to Tampa Bay, Southeast Florida, and Northeast
Florida.”

Congestion relief. “Central Florida’s residents desire to spend less time traveling, and our businesses
are looking for ways to reduce the cost and improve the reliability of moving goods. Our regional
transportation strategy will include ways to reduce traffic delays, such as eliminating bottlenecks and
creating more travel options.”

Choices for moving people and goods. “Central Florida residents envision a regional transit system
that connects existing and future urban centers in all parts of the region. They also envision local light
rail, street car, or bus rapid transit systems that connect neighborhoods with the regional transit service.
They seek to expand the use of freight rail, high-speed passenger rail, and coastal shipping to move
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people and freight between Central Florida and other regions. They also desire a system of greenways
and trails for walking or bicycling. A regional transportation plan should identify where these choices are
most feasible, and set priorities to implement these investments.”
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Concurrency with new development. “Local governments should work with developers to implement
needed roads and transit systems in parallel with anticipated growth. This balancing of growth and
infrastructure should occur at both local and regional levels to better address impacts of growth that
spill over city or county lines. Regional standards can help ensure that development in one county or
municipality does not adversely impact other counties or municipalities.”
East Central Florida 2060 Plan
One goal of the East Central Florida 2060 Plan is to “develop a balanced multi-modal transportation network
that connects compact centers of development with mixed use transit-served corridors.” Specific policy
recommendations from the East Central Florida 2060 Plan that may be applicable to the study area include:

Promote “a multi-modal transportation system that provides for the safe, efficient, and cost effective
movement of people and goods.”

Plan for “multimodal connections” between population centers and from airports and seaports to job
and tourist centers.
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Let “multi-modal design options take precedence over the expansion of existing roads or the
construction of new roads where feasible.”
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“Build new arterial roads and widen existing roads only when clearly in conformance with other policy
objectives of accessibility.”

When assessing transportation needs and priorities, “accept some congestion in urban centers as a sign
of a healthy community rather than using road speed and capacity as the primary indicators of the road’s
health.”
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“Grade transportation projects according to overall impacts and benefits” and value accessibility over
traditional mobility performance measures.
Metropolitan Planning Organization Long Range Transportation Plans
MetroPlan Orlando adopted its 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan in June 2014. Available
documentation indicates that this plan emphasizes improving safety for transportation system users;
improving the management and operations of the existing transportation system; expanding modal choices
for travelers, including investments in a highly connected regional transit system and in bicycle and
pedestrian systems; and, in selected places, adding capacity to the region’s highway network to address
future demand and system deficiencies.
The first goal of Space Coast TPO’s 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan is “Improve economic vitality
through better access and intermodal connectivity for people and goods.” Under a Safety and Security goal
area, one objective is to “Improve ability to evacuate during an emergency event with reduced clearance
times and increased capacity during evacuations.” Space Coast TPO is updating its Long Range
Transportation Plan to a 2040 horizon year.
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MetroPlan Orlando, in partnership with the Space Coast TPO, the Lake-Sumter MPO, the River-to-Sea
TPO (Volusia County), and FDOT District 5, recently completed the Central Florida Regional Freight
Mobility Study, which identifies strategies for improving freight mobility in the region.
The Study Area’s Transportation System
On a typical day, the transportation system in the study area serves three types of trips.

Local trips. The majority of trips in the study area are local, within a single community, city, or county.
Every day, people commute to work, travel to school, go shopping, run errands, and attend to other
personal business.

Medium-distance trips within the study area. Some commuters travel longer distances to work, and
students at colleges and universities may make longer trips from home to school. People also travel to
regional destinations like hospitals and medical centers with specialists, regional shopping centers, and
recreational destinations including beaches and theme parks. The majority of freight movements also
occur on a regional scale, including deliveries from warehouses and distribution centers to retail stores,
homes, and construction sites.
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Interregional, interstate, and international trips. Long-distance freight, visitors from other states
and nations, and business travelers often make trips to, from, or through the study area that cross
regional, state, or international boundaries.
The study area has an extensive transportation system to support these trips. Figure 2 shows all
transportation facilities, and Figure 3 shows those facilities designated as part of Florida’s Strategic
Intermodal System (SIS). Key elements of the system include the following:

Three major interregional highway corridors, including Interstate 4, Interstate 95, and Florida’s
Turnpike, transport people and freight between Florida’s regions and across state lines to other parts of
the country. These highway corridors are designated as part of the SIS.

Limited access toll expressways and major arterial highways provide vital connections between
population and employment centers. They also connect these centers to the Interstate highways and
Florida’s Turnpike, as well as the region’s major transportation hubs. The Beach Line Expressway (State
Route 528) is a prime example, linking the Orange County Convention Center, the International Drive
tourism cluster, the Taft warehouse and industrial cluster, Orlando International Airport, Innovation
Way, Port Canaveral, the Cape Canaveral Spaceport, and the beaches of Brevard County. It intersects
both of the Interstate Highways serving the study area and Florida’s Turnpike along the way. Other key
limited access corridors include the Spressard R. Holland East-West Expressway (State Route 408) and
the Central Florida GreeneWay and Southern Connector (State Route 417). These roads also are
designated as part the SIS.
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The extensive local street network supports virtually every individual trip at some point,
accommodating bikes, pedestrians, and transit services as well as automobiles and trucks.
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Figure 2
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Existing Transportation System in the East Central Florida Study Area
Florida Department of Transportation.
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Figure 3
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Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) Facilities in the East Central Florida Study Area
Florida Department of Transportation.
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The study area also contains two major rail corridors. The SunRail corridor (a SIS rail and urban fixed
guideway transit corridor) provides commuter rail service to 12 stations between DeBary and Sand Lake
Road. The SunRail tracks are shared by Amtrak intercity passenger trains and by CSX-operated freight
trains, which serve customers along spurs and sidings connecting to the main line. CSX operates a rail
intermodal yard at Taft (an Emerging SIS freight rail terminal) and is developing a major intermodal
freight terminal in Winter Haven. A rail spur from the SunRail corridor to the Curtis H. Stanton Energy
Center in east Orlando primarily carries coal to two power plants. The Florida East Coast Railway
(also a SIS rail corridor) owns and operates a second rail line on the mainland in eastern Brevard County
that serves freight customers. Key rail terminals include intermodal truck-to-rail transfer terminals
operated by CSX in Taft and by Norfolk Southern Rail Corporation in Titusville (using trackage rights
via an agreement with Florida East Coast Railway). A NASA rail spur from the Florida East Coast
Railway to Cape Canaveral carries special cargo to the spaceport.
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There are eight airports in the study area, including three on the SIS. Orlando International Airport (a
SIS airport) serves more than 35 million passengers (or 95,000 per day) on 275,000 scheduled
commercial service flights per year, operated by 35 domestic and international airlines. The airport also
handled 172,000 tons of freight in 2013. Melbourne International Airport (an Emerging SIS airport)
also has scheduled commercial service and is one of the nation’s busiest airports for pilot training flights.
Kissimmee Gateway Airport (a SIS general aviation reliever airport) supports extensive flight
operations and serves as a reliever to Orlando International Airport.
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Port Canaveral (a SIS seaport), is one of the world’s busiest passenger cruise ship ports. The deep
water seaport also is a growing hub for bulk and containerized freight.
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The Cape Canaveral Spaceport (a SIS spaceport) is the nation’s largest and most capable spaceport,
providing civil, military, and commercial launch capabilities through NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and state-owned facilities.
The table in Appendix 1 summarizes information about the key multimodal transportation facilities and
services in the area.
Transportation System Challenges
The East Central Florida study area’s transportation system faces several challenges in meeting the evolving
mobility and connectivity needs of residents, visitors, and businesses in the coming decades:
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The study area’s highway system, particularly its major limited access corridors, does not have the
capacity to accommodate future growth in population, employment, and visitors, assuming both people
and freight trips occur in the future at the same rate and by the same modes as they have in the past.
Traffic congestion on both state and local roads in the study area is projected to be widespread in 2060.
Figure 4 shows in red those state highways and other major roads that operated over capacity in 2012.
Figures 5 and 6 show in red those state highways and other major roads that are expected to operate
over capacity in 2040 and 2060, respectively, based on current projections of future highway travel.
These maps do not fully incorporate all of the potential growth anticipated in regional and local plans in
the study area, including the long-range master plans currently under development. These projections
also do not anticipate a significant shift in travel behavior from current trends.
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Figure 4
Source:
State Highways and Other Major Roads Operating Over Capacity in 2012
Florida Department of Transportation analysis using the statewide level of service database. Congested corridors are defined as
roads that do not meet level of service standards.
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Figure 5
Source:
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State Highways and Other Major Roads Projected to Operate Over Capacity in 2040
Florida Department of Transportation analysis using the statewide travel demand model. Congested corridors are defined as
roads that do not meet level of service standards. The analysis assumes population growth consistent with the Bureau of
Economic and Business Research (BEBR) medium projection through 2040. It assumes implementation of the SIS Cost
Feasible Plan through the year 2040.
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Figure 6
Source:
State Highways and Other Major Roads Projected to Operate Over Capacity in 2060
Florida Department of Transportation analysis using the statewide travel demand model. Congested corridors are defined as
roads that do not meet level of service standards. The analysis assumes population growth consistent with the Bureau of
Economic and Business Research (BEBR) medium projection through 2040, extrapolated through 2060. It assumes
implementation of the SIS Cost Feasible Plan through the year 2040, and no additional capacity investments beyond 2040.
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Even with the introduction of SunRail, public transportation systems as they exist today do not have
the connectivity or quality of service needed to become a competitive travel option in many parts of the
study area.
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Increasing flows of tourists, business travelers, domestic freight and international freight through Port
Canaveral, Orlando International Airport, and Melbourne International Airport will place greater
pressure on those hubs and on the study area’s surface transportation system. In particular, connections
between these facilities and major regional destinations will be stressed.
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Longer-distance trips and through trips have limited options for moving into, out of, and through the
study area today. Interstate 4, Interstate 95, and Florida’s Turnpike are the primary highways used to
connect to other regions, along with the major rail lines (Sunrail/Amtrak/CSX and Florida East Coast
Railway).
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The transportation system may not have the capacity and resiliency to effectively support emergency
evacuation and recovery efforts. The transportation network also is vital to disaster recovery and
rebuilding efforts. The East Central Florida Regional Planning Council’s Statewide Regional Evacuation
Study raised concerns about the ability of State Route 528, U.S. 192, State Route 50, State Route 520,
and State Route 46 (just north of the study area) to effectively accommodate a coastal evacuation from
Brevard County in the event that I-95 and U.S. 1 are not viable routes. Adding I-95 and U.S. 1 in both
directions (north and south out of the county) allows for 28 total lanes of traffic (both directions) to
evacuate a county with more than a half million residents. The study found that I-95 and parallel routes
would experience the most severe queuing in a major evacuation and identified a need for additional
inland evacuation routes as well as parallel alternatives to I-95 and U.S. 1.
Planned and Proposed Multimodal Corridor Improvements
State, regional, and local partners have planned and proposed a wide range of improvements to the study
area’s existing transportation corridors, recognizing the multiple roles played by these corridors moving
residents, visitors, and freight among population centers, major attractions, employment and industrial
centers, and intermodal transportation hubs. Figure 7 summarizes major planned multimodal corridor
improvements of regional significance, including those for which construction is funded or in progress,
those that are considered “cost feasible” because funding can reasonably be expected to be available in the
next 25 years, and those for which a study has been completed or is forthcoming. Figure 8 summarizes
unfunded needs that have been included in adopted state and regional transportation plans, as well as other
multimodal corridor concepts and proposals under discussion in the study area. Appendix 2 contains a
more comprehensive table sorted by funded projects, studies that have been completed or are forthcoming,
and cost-feasible planned projects. Examples of major planned and proposed multimodal improvements
include the following:
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Figure 7
Planned Multimodal Transportation Improvements
Source:
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Figure 8
Unfunded Corridor Improvement Needs, Concepts, and Proposals
Source:
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FDOT, Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority, Lynx, Brevard County
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I-4 Corridor Projects
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Multimodal projects along the Interstate 4 corridor are planned to reinforce the spine of the study area’s
transportation system:
- The Ultimate Plan for Interstate 4 calls for the construction of four variable priced tolled Express
Lanes (two in each direction) in the median of the roadway throughout the study area to help
Interstate 4 accommodate longer-distance through trips along with commuter trips by car and
express bus, regional freight deliveries, and local trips.1
- Parallel to Interstate 4, SunRail commuter rail corridor service has begun to 12 stations along a 32
mile segment from DeBary to Sand Lake Road. A Phase 2 would extend the service to DeLand to
the north, and to Poinciana to the south.2
Beach Line Expressway Corridor Projects
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Several projects have been identified to improve the Beach Line Expressway corridor (State Route 528).
This facility also has been studied as a potential shared use, multimodal corridor:
- Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise has programmed funding for a widening from four to six lanes of the
Beach Line Expressway West from Interstate 4 to Florida’s Turnpike.3
- Long-term assessments by FDOT and the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority indicate a
need to widen the Beach Line to six lanes from Florida’s Turnpike to Boggy Creek Road, eight lanes
from Boggy Creek Road to Innovation Way, and six lanes from Innovation Way to Cape Canaveral.4
- FDOT has funded a widening of the Beach Line Expressway and the Bennett Causeway from four
to six lanes from Interstate 95 to State Route 401 at Port Canaveral.5
- Several studies and proposals by FDOT,6 Lynx,7 and the private sector8 have looked at multimodal
options including express bus, bus rapid transit, light rail, commuter rail, and magnetic levitation rail
along the Beach Line Expressway and Sand Lake Road corridors to connect International Drive to
Orlando International Airport (OIA).
- Several options also have been proposed to build a rail connection from OIA to the Port Canaveral
cruise ship terminals and Brevard County beaches along the Beach Line Expressway and Bennett
Causeway rights of way.9
1FDOT
I-4 Ultimate Plan at www.moving-4-ward.com and FDOT 2040 Strategic Intermodal System Multi-Modal
Unfunded Needs Plan, Adopted October 2011
2 FDOT and www.sunrail.com
3 FDOT Tentative Work Program 2014-2019, Published March 2013
4 FDOT 2040 Strategic Intermodal System Multi-Modal Unfunded Needs Plan, Adopted October 2011
5 FDOT SIS Cost Feasible Plan 2024-2040, Adopted August 2013.
6 FDOT OIA Connector Alternatives Analysis www.oiaconnector.com
7 Lynx “Vision 2030” http://www.golynx.com/about-lynx/what-we-are-working-on/vision-2030.stml
8 See, for example, www.american-maglev.com and www.maglev2000.com
9 STV Incorporated, “Coast to Coast Feasibility Study - Preliminary Report.” Prepared for Florida Department of
Transportation. Available at http://www.dot.state.fl.us/rail/Publications/Studies/Planning/crossstatefeas.pdf
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- Part of the proposed All Aboard Florida intercity passenger rail route from Miami to Orlando would
run adjacent to the Beach Line Expressway between OIA and the Florida East Coast mainline rail
tracks in Brevard County.10
Osceola County Expressway Authority Projects

FDOT, the Osceola County Expressway Authority, and Lynx are studying multimodal options for
improving the Osceola Parkway corridor, including widening portions of the existing Osceola Parkway
and/or extending Osceola Parkway to or beyond Narcoossee Road. In parallel, Osceola County and
Lynx are investigating adding high-capacity transit services to the Osceola Parkway corridor from Walt
Disney World to Narcoossee Road.11 A Project Development and Environmental (PD&E) study is
underway for the Osceola Parkway Extension. MetroPlan Orlando’s 2040 Long Range Transportation
Plan lists the Osceola Parkway Extension as a cost-feasible project. The proposed transit service along
the Osceola Parkway corridor is an unfunded need.

The PD&E study for the Osceola Parkway Extension also includes several options for constructing a
limited access, north-south connection across the county line between the Osceola Parkway and State
Route 417. The connection would run either along the existing Boggy Creek Road alignment or just
west of Boggy Creek Road. MetroPlan Orlando’s 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan lists the Boggy
Creek Road connector as a cost-feasible project.

The Osceola County Expressway Authority is planning a system of expressways to link existing and
planned communities in its urban growth boundary to Interstate 4, Florida’s Turnpike, and other
regional expressways. The planned system includes:
1. Multiple segments of the Poinciana Parkway from Interstate 4 to Cypress Parkway: 12
- FDOT is undertaking a PD&E study for the northernmost segment of Poinciana Parkway from
Interstate 4 to US 17/92. Funding for construction has not yet been identified.
- The construction phase of the “bridge segment” of the Poinciana Parkway, a two-lane roadway
from U.S. 17/92 to the intersection of Marigold Avenue and East Bourne Road in Poinciana,
has been funded through a public-private partnership agreement between FDOT and private
developers.13
- A second section that would extend Rhododendron Avenue as a two lane roadway to connect
the “bridge segment” to Cypress Parkway also is under construction.
- The Poinciana Parkway Southeast Segment runs along the existing alignment of Marigold
Avenue from East Bourne Road (the south end of the bridge segment) to Cypress Parkway. A
All Aboard Florida, a wholly owned subsidiary of Florida East Coast Industries, LLC.
www.allaboardflorida.com
11 Osceola County Expressway Authority Project Development and Environmental Study, www.osceolaparkway.com and Lynx “Vision 2030” http://www.golynx.com/about-lynx/what-we-are-working-on/vision2030.stml
12 FDOT I-4 Poinciana Parkway Connector Study, http://www.i4poincianaconnector.com
and Osceola County https://www.osceola.org/ocx/297-21261-21262/poinciana_parkway_project.cfm
13 FDOT Adopted Work Program, July 2013.
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project to widen Marigold Avenue from four to six lanes is listed as a Cost Feasible Project in
MetroPlan Orlando’s 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan.
- The Cypress Segment of the Poinciana Parkway runs along the existing alignment of Cypress
Parkway from Rhododendron Avenue to Pleasant Hill Road. No funding has been identified to
make improvements to this section of the parkway.
- Construction of a multi-lane, limited access facility along the entire Poinciana Parkway route
from Interstate 4 through Poinciana to the intersection of Cypress Parkway and Pleasant Hill
Road, as envisioned in the Osceola County Expressway Authority Master Plan, is an unfunded
need.
2. The Southport Connector Expressway from the Poinciana area to just east of Florida’s Turnpike.14
FDOT is undertaking a PD&E Study for construction of new limited access toll road with adjacent
fixed guideway transit in the Southport Connector Expressway corridor.
3. The Northeast Connector Expressway from Florida’s Turnpike to the east end of the Osceola
Parkway extension.15 A preliminary alignment evaluation has been performed for the Northeast
Connector Expressway, but the project has not undergone a PD&E study, and funding for
construction has not yet been identified.
4. All components of the proposed Osceola County expressway system include provisions for potential
future transit.16

An agreement between Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority Farmland Reserve, Inc., and All
Aboard Florida LLC (subsidiary of Florida East Coast Industries, LLC) requires a study of a
transportation corridor connecting the Northeast Connector Expressway to the Beach Line Expressway
between State Route 417 and State Route 520.
Additional Projects Planned by the former Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority

The Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority had identified a long term need to widen State
Route 417 from International Drive to State Route 528, making the entire stretch of State Route 417 six
lanes in the study area.17 This roadway has not advanced beyond the concept stage.

The Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority and FDOT had previously studied extending State
Route 408 from its current terminus at Challenger Parkway to Interstate 95 in Brevard County.18 The
Route 408 extension project is an unfunded need.
FDOT Southport Connector Project Development and Environmental (PD&E) Study
http://www.southportconnector.com
15 Osceola County Expressway Authority, “Northeast Connector Expressway Project Preliminary Alignment
Evaluation,” http://www.osceola.org/ocx/297-21261-22147/preliminary_alignment_evaluation.cfm
16 See, for example, this presentation to Osceola County Expressway Authority Board:
http://www.i4poincianaconnector.com/images/i4ppc_2013-01-14-OCXPresentation_final.pdf
17 Ibid.
18 Ibid.
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Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise Projects

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise is studying or building several capacity expansion projects on the
Turnpike mainline. These include improvements to the existing interchange at Interstate 4, a new
interchange at Sand Lake Road, a new interchange at State Route 417, improvements to the interchange
at State Route 528 andU.S. 17/92/441, and improvements to the interchange at Osceola Parkway.19
Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise also is conducting an environmental review of widening the Turnpike
from four to six lanes from the Osceola Parkway to State Route 528 (the Beach Line Expressway).
FDOT has identified an unfunded need to widen the Turnpike from the Brevard/Indian River County
line to the Osceola Parkway.
Interstate 95 Corridor Projects

FDOT is completing Design-Build contracts to widen Interstate 95 from four to six lanes north of State
Route 528 and south of Malabar Road.20 A future needs assessment has proposed widening sections of
Interstate 95 to eight lanes throughout Brevard County, with short 10 lane segments.21

FDOT is conducting a PD&E study for construction of a new interchange on Interstate 95 at Viera
Blvd
St. Johns Heritage Parkway

The St. Johns Heritage Parkway (also known as the Palm Bay Parkway) is a planned loop around the
west side of Palm Bay that would act as a reliever for Interstate 95, accommodating local north-south
trips by people and freight.22 The first stages within the Palm Bay city limits are under construction by
the City of Palm Bay.23 FDOT is studying a future northward extension of the corridor from the Palm
Bay/Melbourne city line to a new northern interchange at Interstate 95 and Ellis Drive. 24 There is a
separate study underway for a proposed southward extension from Babcock Street to a new southern
interchange on Interstate 95, just north of Micco Road.25

Brevard County has proposed extending the St. Johns Heritage Parkway corridor from Ellis Drive north
to the Pineda Causeway Extension along the Washingtonia corridor (parallel and adjacent to Interstate
95) to accommodate local north-south trips.26
FDOT Tentative Work Program, Published March 3, 2014.
FDOT Adopted Work Program, July 2013.
21 FDOT SIS Cost Feasible Plan 2024-2040, Adopted August 2013.
22 Brevard County Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element, Updated 1/4/2013,
http://www.brevardcounty.us/PlanningDev/CompPlan
23City of Palm Bay, Florida: http://www.palmbayflorida.org/government/departments/public-works/aboutus/projects/st-johns-heritage-parkway-palm-bay-parkway24 FDOT Ellis Road Project Development and Environmental (PD&E) Study, http://www.ellisroadpde.com/
25 FDOT I-95 and Palm Bay Parkway Southern Interchange Project Development and Environmental (PD&E)
Study, http://www.palmbayinterchange.com/
26 Brevard County Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element, Updated 1/4/2013,
http://www.brevardcounty.us/PlanningDev/CompPlan
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Melbourne Airport Expressway Corridor

Melbourne International Airport and FDOT have identified a long-term need for a high-capacity, highspeed connector to Interstate 95, which would serve commercial passengers and major employers on
airport property such as Northrup Grumman.27
Lynx Alternatives Analysis Corridors

Lynx is undertaking formal Alternatives Analyses to evaluate options to add transit capacity to:
- U.S. 192 from U.S. 27 to Florida’s Turnpike via Kissimmee and potentially via Walt Disney World;28
and
- The State Route 50/Colonial Drive corridor from the western Orlando suburbs to the University of
Central Florida via downtown Orlando.29
Lynx 2030 Vision Corridors

Lynx has published a 2030 vision30 that proposes number of additional concepts to provide highcapacity transit in the following corridors:
- An Innovation Way transit corridor from OIA through Innovation Way to University of Central
Florida;
- The U.S. 441/17-92 corridor from downtown Orlando to Kissimmee via Florida Mall; and
- The Central Florida Light Rail corridor from downtown Orlando to SR 528 via the International
Drive corridor;
- The Orange Avenue corridor from downtown Orlando to Sand Lake Road; and
- The Narcoossee Road corridor from SR 528 to U.S. 192.
Planned or Proposed Improvements to Hubs in the Study Area
Major passenger and freight transportation hubs in the region also have planned or proposed
improvements:

Orlando International Airport plans to construct a south terminal complex including a new passenger
terminal and an intermodal center serving regional transit and intercity passenger rail services including
All Aboard Florida.31
FDOT SIS Cost Feasible Plan 2024-2040, Adopted August 2013.
Lynx US 192 Alternatives Analysis Final Report, http://www.us192study.com/
29 Lynx SR 50/UCF Connector Alternatives Analysis, http://lynxsr50.com/about.asp
30 Lynx VISION 2030, http://www.golynx.com/about-lynx/what-we-are-working-on/vision-2030.stml
31 Greater Orlando Aviation Authority.
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
Port Canaveral plans a major expansion to the north cargo area, additional cruise ship terminals and
landside support facilities, and connectivity improvements to allow for more seamless ship-to-rail
transfers and improved passenger access to Orlando International Airport and other regional
destinations.32 Port Canaveral has proposed providing on-dock rail service to marine cargo terminals via
a rail line along the Bennett Causeway or via a connection to an existing rail line serving the spaceport.

Space Florida and the U.S. Department of Defense are planning major improvements to the spaceport’s
horizontal and vertical launch infrastructure, a redevelopment of the Shuttle Landing Facility, and
improvements to intermodal connectors between the Spaceport and mainland highway and rail
corridors.33
Significant Planned Transportation Improvements Outside the Study Area
Nearby planned transportation improvements that could impact the study area include:

Central Polk Parkway, which will connect communities in northeastern Polk County to Interstate 4.
Potential options under study as part of the Poinciana Parkway project could provide connections
between the Osceola County Expressway Authority’s master plan corridors and the Central Polk
Parkway, facilitating the development of a long-distance parallel reliever to Interstate 4 for traffic
between the Space Coast and Lakeland;34

SR 429 extension and Wekiva Parkway, which together will complete the western beltway of
Orlando;35 and

Continued development and expansion of CSX’s national-scale rail intermodal facility in
Winter Haven.36
Port Canaveral Authority, http://www.portcanaveral.com/2012_Development_Map.pdf
Space Florida “Cape Canaveral Spaceport Master Plan,” http://www.spaceflorida.gov/docs/spaceportops/reduced-version_cape-canaveral-spaceport-complex-master-plan-2013.pdf?sfvrsn=2
34 FDOT http://www.i4poincianaconnector.com/images/project-location-map-lrg.pdf
35 FDOT Adopted Work Program, July 2013.
36 CSX, http://www.csx.com/index.cfm/media/press-releases/state-of-the-art-terminal-begins-operations-inwinter-haven/
32
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Implications for the East Central Florida Corridor Task Force and the Study Process
The Task Force could consider the following suggestions:

Identify where better transportation connectivity is needed between existing and emerging economic
centers in the study area, as well as to meet the needs of agricultural and other economically productive
rural lands;

Understand future demand for local, regional, and interregional trips in the study area, and plan for a
network of transportation facilities to support each type of trip;

Build upon the principles of How Shall We Grow?, the East Central Florida 2060 Plan, long-range
transportation plans, local government comprehensive plans, and other documents to plan
transportation corridors that provide better connectivity, reduce costs, expand choices, and are
compatible with future land use and conservation plans; and

Identify opportunities to coordinate transportation corridor investments with other public and private
infrastructure investments in the study area.
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APPENDIX 1: NOTABLE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA STUDY AREA
Facility
Owner/ Operator
Interstate
Highway 4
(I-4)
Florida Department of
Transportation
Interstate
Highway 95
(I-95)
SIS
Facility?
Description
Characteristics
X
Interstate Highway System and Strategic
Intermodal System(SIS) highway corridor
connecting Tampa Bay and Southwest
Florida to Central and Northeast Florida.
Limited access freeway,
varies from 6 to 8 lanes
Florida Department of
Transportation
X
Interstate Highway System and SIS
highway corridor connecting Southeast
Florida to the Space Coast, Northeast
Florida, and points north along the Eastern
Seaboard.
Limited access freeway,
varies from 4 to 6 lanes
Florida’s
Turnpike
Florida’s Turnpike
Enterprise
X
SIS highway corridor connecting Interstate
75 and the Southeast and Midwest U.S. to
Central and Southeast Florida.
Limited access toll road,
varies from 4 to 8 lanes
State Route
528
(Beach Line
Expressway
West, Beach
Line
Expressway,
and Bennett
Causeway)
Florida’s Turnpike
Enterprise (I-4 to
U.S. 17/92/441)
X
Toll expressway and SIS highway corridor
connecting Orange County and Brevard
County, linking I-4, the Orange County
Convention Center, the International Drive
tourism cluster, the Taft warehouse and
industrial cluster, Florida’s Turnpike,
Orlando International Airport, State
Route 417, Innovation Way, I-95, Port
Canaveral, the Cape Canaveral Spaceport,
and the beaches of Brevard County.
Limited access toll road
from I-4 to SR 520; limited
access expressway from SR
520 to SR 401, varies from 4
to 6 lanes
X
Toll expressway and SIS highway corridor
connecting Florida’s Turnpike to I-4,
downtown Orlando, State Route 417, and
the University of Central Florida
Limited access toll road,
varies from 4 to 10 lanes
Orlando-Orange
County Expressway
Authority
(U.S. 17/92/441 to
State Route 520)
Florida Department of
Transportation (State
Route 520 to State
Route A1A)
State Route
408 (Spressard
R. Holland
East-West
Expressway)
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Orlando-Orange
County Expressway
Authority
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Facility
Owner/ Operator
State Route
417
(Central
Florida
GreeneWay
and Southern
Connector)
Florida’s Turnpike
Enterprise (I-4 to State
Route 536/World
Center Drive)
Description
Characteristics
Toll expressway and SIS highway corridor
that forms an eastern beltway around
Orlando. Connects I-4 and Lake Buena
Vista to Orlando International Airport,
Lake Nona, Innovation Way, State Route
528, State Route 408 and the University of
Central Florida area to points north in
Seminole and Volusia Counties.
Limited access toll road,
varies from 4 to 6 lanes
Osceola
Parkway
Osceola County
Parkway and major east-west arterial, with
1-mile limited access toll segment,
connecting Lake Buena Vista and
Celebration to northern Kissimmee and
Narcoossee Road.
Surface arterial with 1-mile
limited access toll segment,
varies from 2 lanes
undivided to 6 lanes divided
U.S. Highway
192 (Irlo
Bronson
Memorial
Highway)
Florida Department of
Transportation
Major east-west arterial connecting U.S.
Highway 27 and Lake Buena Vista with I-4,
Kissimmee, Florida’s Turnpike, St. Cloud,
I-95, Melbourne, and the beaches of
Brevard County
Surface arterial, varies from
4 lanes divided to 8 lanes
divided
State Route 50
(Colonial
Drive)
Florida Department of
Transportation
Major east-west arterial connecting
Florida’s Turnpike and western Orlando
suburbs, I-4, downtown Orlando, State
Route 417, the University of Central
Florida area, I-95, and Titusville
Surface arterial, varies from
6 lanes divided to 8 lanes
divided in study area
U.S. Highways
17/92/441
(Orange
Blossom Trail)
Florida Department of
Transportation
Major north-south arterial connecting
downtown Orlando, State Route 408, the
Taft warehouse and industrial cluster, State
Route 528, Florida’s Turnpike, State
Route 417, Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee,
and U.S. Highway 192.
Surface arterial, varies from
5 lanes undivided to 6 lanes
divided in the study area
State Route
520
Florida Department of
Transportation
East-west arterial connecting State
Route 50 to State Route 528, I-95, Cocoa,
Merritt Island, and Cocoa Beach; provides
an alternative to State Route 528 for eastwest traffic between central Brevard
County and Orange County
Surface arterials, typically 4
lanes divided with a 6-lane
divided section in Merritt
Island
State Route
407
Florida Department of
Transportation
East-west connector between State
Route 528, Titusville, and the Cape
Canaveral Spaceport
Controlled access with 2
lanes undivided
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County Expressway
Authority (State
Route 536/World
Center Drive to State
Route 426/Aloma
Avenue)
SIS
Facility?
X
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Facility
Owner/ Operator
State Route
404 (Pineda
Causeway)
SIS
Facility?
Description
Characteristics
Florida Department of
Transportation
East-west connector between I-95 and
Brevard County beaches
Limited access freeway with
four lanes between U.S. 1
and State Route A1A,
surface arterials with four
lanes between I-95 and U.S.
1
State Route
518 (Eau Gallie
Blvd)
Florida Department of
Transportation
East-west connector between I-95 and
Brevard County beaches
Surface arterials with 4 lanes
divided or 4-5 lanes
undivided
U.S. Highway 1
Florida Department of
Transportation
North-south arterial connecting historic
downtowns of Brevard County
communities
Surface arterial ranging
between 4-5 lanes undivided
State Route
A1A
Florida Department of
Transportation
North-south arterial connecting coastal
beaches
Surface arterial varying
between 4-5 lanes undivided
and 4 lanes divided
SunRail
Corridor
Florida Department of
Transportation
SIS urban fixed guideway transit corridor.
SunRail passenger rail service currently
operates to 12 stations along a 32 mile
segment from DeBary to Sand Lake Road.
SunRail connects Volusia and Seminole
counties to downtown Orlando and the
International Drive/convention center
area.
Single and double track rail
corridor, with sidings. 600
passengers per SunRail train,
with 30-minute peak service
from 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
and from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00
p.m., and with two hour offpeak service.
Amtrak intercity passenger trains also use
the corridor, stopping at Orlando and
Kissimmee Amtrak stations.
Two Amtrak trains per day
in each direction.
X
Freight service varies.
CSX Railroad has an exclusive freight
easement to operate on the SunRail line to
provide common carrier services to its
freight rail customers, connecting them to
the national freight rail network. CSX
provides intermodal freight service to the
Taft intermodal facility.
Florida East
Coast Rail
Corridor
Florida East Coast
Rail, Inc.
X
SIS freight rail line running along Florida’s
east coast between Jacksonville and Miami,
via Titusville, Cocoa, Melbourne, and Palm
Bay.
Single and double track rail
line with sidings.
Orlando
International
Airport
Greater Orlando
Aviation Authority
X
SIS commercial service airport that serves
more than 35 million passengers on
275,000 scheduled commercial service
flights per year, operated by 35 domestic
and international airlines. The airport also
handled 172,000 tons of freight in 2013.
Four parallel runways, 96
boarding gates, 140 acres of
cargo ramp
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Facility
Owner/ Operator
Melbourne
International
Airport
Brevard County
Kissimmee
Gateway
Airport
Description
Characteristics
X
Emerging SIS commercial service airport
with scheduled commercial service flights
serving 400,000 passengers per year.
Three runways, seven
boarding gates
Osceola County
X
SIS general aviation reliever airport serving
as a reliever to Orlando International
Airport.
Port Canaveral
Canaveral Port
Authority
X
SIS deepwater seaport, one of the world’s
largest cruise ports and a growing port for
bulk and containerized freight.
Cape Canaveral
Spaceport
Space Florida, NASA,
and U.S. Department
of Defense
X
SIS spaceport comprising NASA’s
Kennedy Space Center, the Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station, and state-owned facilities
providing civil, military, and commercial
launch capabilities.
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Facility?
Seven cruise ship terminals,
plus container, dry bulk,
liquid bulk, and heavy lift
facilities, including storage
and warehouse facilities
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APPENDIX 2: PLANNED AND PROPOSED MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS
Facility
Limits
Summary
Status
Multimodal Improvements to I-4 Corridor
Interstate 4
Polk/Osceola County Line
to State Route 536 (World Center
Drive)
I-4 Ultimate Plan: Widen from 6 to 10 lanes with Managed Lanes
Future Cost Feasible Project
(FDOT SIS Cost Feasible Plan)
Interstate 4
State Route 536 (World Center Drive)
to State Route 435 (Kirkman Road)
I-4 Ultimate Plan: Widen from 8 to 10 lanes with Managed Lanes
Future Cost Feasible Project
(FDOT SIS Cost Feasible Plan)
Interstate 4
State Route 435 (Kirkman Road)
to State Route 434
I-4 Ultimate Plan: Construct Managed Lanes
Construction Funded
or In Progress
(FDOT Work Program)
SunRail Phase 2
Extension
Sand Lake Road
to Poinciana
Construct new rail stations and begin service
Construction Funded
or In Progress
(FDOT Work Program/
State Infrastructure Bank/
FTA Full Funding Grant
Agreement)
Multimodal Improvements to the Beach Line Expressway Corridor (SR 528)
State Route 528
(Beach Line Expressway
West)
Interstate 4 to Florida’s Turnpike
(Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise)
Widen from 4 to 6 lanes
Construction Funded
or In Progress
(Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise)
State Route 528
(Beach Line
Expressway)
Boggy Creek Road to State Route 436
(OOCEA)
Widen from 6 to 8 lanes
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(OOCEA Master Plan and
FDOT SIS Multimodal
Unfunded Needs Plan)
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Facility
Limits
Summary
State Route 528
(Beach Line
Expressway)
State Route 436 to Innovation Way
(OOCEA)
Widen from 4 to 8 lanes
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(OOCEA Master Plan and
FDOT SIS Multimodal
Unfunded Needs Plan)
State Route 528
(Beach Line
Expressway)
Innovation Way to Interstate 95
(OOCEA and FDOT)
Widen from 4 to 6 lanes
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(OOCEA Master Plan and
FDOT SIS Multimodal
Unfunded Needs Plan)
State Route 528
(Beach Line Expressway
and Bennett Causeway)
Interstate 95
to State Route 401
(FDOT)
Widen from 4 to 6 lanes
Construction Funded
or In Progress
(FDOT Work Program)
OIA Connector
Interstate 4/International Drive
to Orlando International Airport South
Terminal Intermodal Center
OIA-Port Canaveral
Connector
Orlando International Airport
to Port Canaveral Cruise Ship
Terminals
All Aboard Florida
Passenger Rail Service
Miami
to Orlando International Airport South
Terminal Intermodal Center
Alternatives Analysis for new fixed route transit service
Status
Study Completed or
Forthcoming
(FDOT Work Program/Lynx)
New fixed route transit service
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(Port Canaveral Master Plan)
Proposed passenger rail service along Florida East Coast Railroad
from Miami to Cocoa and new alignment on State Route 528
(Beach Line Expressway) Right of Way from Cocoa to Orlando
International Airport
Study Completed or
Forthcoming
(Florida East Coast Railroad)
Osceola Expressway Authority Projects
Osceola Parkway
Interstate 4
to State Route 417 (Central Florida
Greeneway)
Widen from 6 to 8 lanes
Future Cost Feasible Project
(MetroPlan Orlando LRTP)
Osceola Parkway
State Route 417 (Central Florida
Greeneway)
to John Young Parkway
Widen from 4 to 6 lanes
Future Cost Feasible Project
(MetroPlan Orlando LRTP)
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Facility
Limits
Osceola Parkway
John Young Parkway
to Orange Blossom Trail
Widen from 4 to 6 lanes
Future Cost Feasible Project
(MetroPlan Orlando LRTP)
Osceola Parkway
John Young Parkway
to Orange Blossom Trail
Widen from 6 to 8 lanes
Future Cost Feasible Project
(MetroPlan Orlando LRTP)
Osceola Parkway
Orange Blossom Trail to Florida’s
Turnpike
Widen from 6 to 8 lanes
Future Cost Feasible Project
(MetroPlan Orlando LRTP)
Osceola Parkway
Extension
Florida’s Turnpike
to Northeast Connector Expressway
Osceola Parkway
Transit Corridor
Disney
to Narcoossee Road
Boggy Creek Road /
State Route 417
Access Road
Boggy Creek Road (Osceola County)
to State Route 417
Project Development and Environmental (PD&E) Study for
construction of new limited access toll road
Study Completed or
Forthcoming
(FDOT Work Program)
Poinciana Parkway
Interstate 4
to US 17/92 at County Road 54
Project Development and Environmental (PD&E) Study for
construction of new roadway
Study Completed or
Forthcoming
(FDOT Work Program)
Poinciana Parkway:
Northwest Segment and
Bridge Segment
US 17/92
to Marigold Ave. / East Bourne Rd.
intersection
Poinciana Parkway:
Southeast Segment
(Marigold Avenue)
East Bourne Road
to Cypress Parkway
Poinciana Parkway:
Southwest Segment
(Rhododendron
Avenue)
Poinciana Parkway Bridge Segment
to Cypress Parkway / Rhododendron
Avenue intersection
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Summary
Project Development and Environmental (PD&E) Study for
construction of new limited access toll road with adjacent fixed
guideway transit
New fixed route transit service
Status
Study Completed or
Forthcoming
(FDOT Work Program)
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(Osceola County
Comprehensive Plan)
Construct new 2-lane roadway
Construction Funded
or In Progress
(State Infrastructure Bank/
Public-Private Partnership)
Widen from 4 to 6 lanes
Future Cost Feasible Project
(MetroPlan Orlando LRTP)
Construct new 2-lane roadway
Construction Funded
or In Progress
(Public-Private Partnership)
August 2014
Overview of Transportation Corridors in the East Central Florida Study Area
DRAFT
Facility
Limits
Summary
Poinciana Parkway
Limited Access Facility
Interstate 4
to Old Pleasant Hill Road
Construct multi-lane, limited access toll road with adjacent fixed
guideway transit
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(OCX Master Plan)
Southport Connector
Expressway
Old Pleasant Hill Road
to Canoe Creek Road
Project Development and Environmental (PD&E) Study for
construction of new limited access toll road with adjacent fixed
guideway transit
Study Completed or
Forthcoming
(FDOT Work Program)
Northeast Connector
Expressway
Canoe Creek Road
to Osceola Parkway Extension
Northeast ConnectorBeach Line Expressway
Connector
Eastern Terminus of Osceola Parkway
Extension
to Beach Line Expressway
Preliminary alignment evaluation for construction of limited
access toll road with adjacent fixed guideway transit
Status
Study Completed or
Forthcoming
(Osceola County)
Construct new corridor
Unfunded Need, Concept, or
Proposal
Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority Projects
State Route 417
(Central Florida
Greeneway)
International Drive
to State Route 528 (Beach Line
Expressway)
Widen from 4 to 6 lanes
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(FDOT SIS Multimodal
Unfunded Needs Plan)
State Route 408
Extension
Challenger Parkway to I-95
Construct new corridor
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(FDOT SIS Multimodal
Unfunded Needs Plan)
Widen from 4 to 6 lanes
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(FDOT SIS Multimodal
Unfunded Needs Plan)
Study Completed or
Forthcoming
(FDOT Work Program)
Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise Projects
Florida’s Turnpike
Osceola/Indian River County Line
Florida’s Turnpike
Osceola Parkway
to State Route 528 (Beach Line
Expressway)
August 2014
Environmental Review of widening Turnpike from 4 to 6 lanes
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Overview of Transportation Corridors in the East Central Florida Study Area
DRAFT
Facility
Limits
Summary
Florida’s Turnpike
at State Route 417
(Central Florida Greeneway)
Florida’s Turnpike
Osceola Parkway
to State Route 528 (Beach Line
Expwy.)
Florida’s Turnpike
at Interstate 4
Interchange improvements
Construction Funded
or In Progress
(FDOT Work Program)
Florida’s Turnpike
at Osceola Parkway
Interchange improvements
Future Cost Feasible Project
(MetroPlan Orlando LRTP)
Florida’s Turnpike
at State Route 528 (Beach Line
Expressway)
Interchange improvements
Construction Funded
or In Progress
(FDOT Work Program)
Florida’s Turnpike
at Sand Lake Road
New interchange
Widen from 4 to 8 lanes
Status
Construction Funded
or In Progress
(FDOT Work Program)
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(FDOT SIS Multimodal
Unfunded Needs Plan)
New interchange
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(MetroPlan Orlando LRTP)
Interstate 95 Corridor Projects
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Interstate 95
Brevard/Indian River County
to St. Johns Heritage Parkway South
Interchange
Widen from 6 to 8 lanes
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(FDOT SIS Multimodal
Unfunded Needs Plan)
Interstate 95
St. Johns Heritage Parkway South
Interchange
to County Route 509 (Wickham Road)
Widen from 6 to 10 lanes
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(FDOT SIS Multimodal
Unfunded Needs Plan)
Interstate 95
Ellis Road (Future St. Johns Heritage
Parkway North Interchange)
to State Route 518 (Eau Gallie Blvd.)
Ultimate Plan Improvements
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(FDOT SIS Multimodal
Unfunded Needs Plan)
August 2014
Overview of Transportation Corridors in the East Central Florida Study Area
DRAFT
Facility
Limits
Interstate 95
County Route 509 (Wickham Road)
to Volusia/Brevard County Line
Interstate 95
at Viera Blvd.
Interstate 95
Brevard/Indian River County
to St. Johns Heritage Parkway South
Interchange
Summary
Widen from 6 to 8 lanes
Project Development and Environmental (PD&E) Study for
construction of new interchange at Viera Blvd.
Widen from 6 to 8 lanes
Status
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(FDOT SIS Multimodal
Unfunded Needs Plan)
Study Completed or
Forthcoming
(FDOT Work Program)
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(FDOT SIS Multimodal
Unfunded Needs Plan)
St. Johns Heritage Parkway
St. Johns Heritage
Parkway
From Interstate 95 north of Micco
Road (Southern Interchange)
to Babcock Road
St. Johns Heritage
Parkway
Babcock Road
to Malabar Road
Construct new 2-lane roadway
Study Completed or
Forthcoming
(Space Coast TPO LRTP)
St. Johns Heritage
Parkway
Malabar Road
to Palm Bay/Melbourne City Limits
Construct new 2-lane roadway
Construction Funded
or In Progress
(City of Palm Bay/Developer
Funded)
St. Johns Heritage
Parkway
Palm Bay/Melbourne City Limits
to U.S. 192
Construct new 2-lane roadway
Study Completed or
Forthcoming
(Space Coast TPO LRTP)
St. Johns Heritage
Parkway
U.S. 192
to I-95 Northern Interchange at Ellis
Road
Construct new 2-lane roadway
Study Completed or
Forthcoming
(Space Coast TPO LRTP)
St. Johns Heritage
Parkway
at Interstate 95 at Ellis Drive
(Northern Interchange)
August 2014
Construct new interchange at I-95 north of Micco Road and
construct new 2-lane roadway from I-95 to Babcock Road
Modify interchange at I-95 at Ellis Road and construct new St.
Johns Heritage Parkway west of I-95
Study Completed or
Forthcoming
(FDOT Work Program)
Construction Funded
or In Progress
(FDOT Work Program)
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Overview of Transportation Corridors in the East Central Florida Study Area
DRAFT
Facility
Limits
St. Johns Heritage
Parkway
Southern Interchange
to Northern Interchange
St. Johns Heritage
Parkway Extension
Ellis Road
to Pineda Causeway Extension
Summary
Status
Construct new limited access facility
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(Space Coast TPO LRTP)
Construct new St. Johns Heritage Parkway Extension parallel to
Interstate 95
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(Space Coast TPO LRTP)
Construct new road
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(Space Coast TPO LRTP)
Melbourne Airport Connector Expressway
Melbourne Airport
Connector Expressway
Interstate 95
to Melbourne Airport
Transit Corridor Alternatives Analysis
U.S. 192 Corridor
Transit
U.S. 27
to U.S. 192/Florida’s Turnpike
Interchange
Alternatives Analysis for new fixed route transit service
Study Completed or
Forthcoming
(FDOT Work Program/Lynx)
State Route 50/UCF
Connector
Lake/Orange County Line
to University of Central Florida
Campus
Alternatives Analysis for new fixed route transit service
Study Completed or
Forthcoming
(FDOT Work Program/Lynx)
Lynx Transit Vision Concept Plan
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Innovation Way
Transit Corridor
Orlando International Airport South
Terminal Intermodal Center
to University of Central Florida
Campus
New fixed route transit service
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(Lynx Vision 2030)
U.S. 441/17-92
Transit Corridor
Downtown Orlando
to Kissimmee
via U.S. 441/17-92
New fixed route transit service
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(Lynx Vision 2030)
August 2014
Overview of Transportation Corridors in the East Central Florida Study Area
DRAFT
Facility
Limits
Central Florida Light
Rail
Downtown Orlando
to State Route 528
via International Drive
Orange Avenue
Transit Corridor
Narcoossee Road
Transit Corridor
Summary
Status
New fixed route, fixed guideway transit service
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(Lynx Vision 2030,
FDOT SIS Multimodal
Unfunded Needs Plan)
Downtown Orlando
to Sand Lake Road
via Orange Avenue
New fixed route transit service
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(Lynx Vision 2030)
State Route 528 (Beach Line Expwy.)
to U.S. 192
New fixed route transit service
Unfunded Need, Concept or
Proposal
(Osceola County
Comprehensive Plan)
Note: Unshaded rows are projects currently funded or included in adopted Cost Feasible Plans. Rows shaded gray are unfunded needs, concepts, or proposals included in adopted plans and visions.
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