Since 2008, according to Osceola County’s Roadway Network Capacity Report, Poinciana has had its main road, Cypress Parkway, at Level of Service grades of 8 Cs, 2 Ds, 4 Fs, 2 ungraded, and the most recent (2024) a B. Doverplum Avenue has been a Level F since 2000. Osceola County has collected millions of dollars in impact fees during those years from all the new housing construction, yet there have been no road improvements in Poinciana.
In April 2017, CFX began conducting a Concept, Feasibility, and Mobility Study on whether its “transportation corridor is viable and fundable in accordance with CFX policies and procedures.” Per CFX’s website, “The objective of this study was to address congestion, plan for population growth and identify options to connect to Interstate 4, State Road 429, or Florida’s Turnpike in Osceola, Orange and Polk Counties.” The Cypress Parkway section “was to be part of a proposed 15-mile-long expressway that would eventually provide a direct route between Interstate 4 and the Turnpike in Osceola County” (per Brian Hutchings, manager of communications for CFX).
In March 2018, the Concept, Feasibility and Mobility Study concluded that it “will be disruptive to the environment, existing agricultural land uses, and the Poinciana community.”…