LAKE MARY, Fla. — Seminole County plans to collect updated traffic speed data on Lake Mary Boulevard early next year as officials look at possible safety changes on one of the county’s busiest and more dangerous roads.
About 70,000 vehicles use Lake Mary Boulevard each day near I-4. A 2024 study showed the road, which has a speed limit of 45 mph, is one of Seminole County’s most dangerous roadways.
Steve Powell, a retired traffic homicide investigator who worked in Lake County for nearly 20 years, wrote to Traffic Inbox with concerns about speeding on Lake Mary Boulevard. Powell said drivers moving too fast make it difficult to pull out from side streets near businesses…