Accelerated congestion relief on Central Florida I-4 project segments will mean travelers will actually start feeling congestion relief by the end of 2025 rather than at the end of planned program completion in 2030.
The earlier timeline is a result of innovation and additional acceleration of regional Moving Florida Forward Infrastructure Initiative projects. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) announced accelerated congestion relief will be felt by Floridians and tourists along the Interstate 4 (I-4) corridor by the end of 2025.
The series of I-4 projects that comprise the Moving Florida Forward Infrastructure Initiative, locally referred to as the Moving I-4 Forward Program, will begin earlier than originally scheduled with the construction of auxiliary lanes and the advanced construction of two project segments along I-4 at ChampionsGate and World Drive in Central Florida just outside of Orlando.
The new lanes will be located on the inside of the existing mainlines to provide motorists with congestion relief…