ORLANDO, Fla. – On Friday night, if it feels like you’re always hitting a detour just trying to get home, you’re not alone. For some Orlando residents, construction has become part of their daily routine—and now a multi-million-dollar power project by the Orlando Utilities Commission could keep those delays coming for years.
For a decade, Jules Botticello and her husband have seen construction like this—signs of road closures and detours near Fern Creek Avenue—and it seems like it’s never-ending. Botticello says, “It’s an older neighborhood, so seeing the upgrades is welcome, but some of the noise and the extra traffic—and fast cars driving through—can definitely be disrupting.”
And for Chris Marusiak, it feels like construction pops up randomly all the time. Marusiak says, “Every day now we have new stuff going on. It’s constant—which way can I go today? And then it’s also, can I even get out of my driveway some days?”…