The Central Florida Expressway Authority’s governing board took a key step Thursday in its pursuit of about 44 acres of land in Orange County, including some conservation land, for building a toll road already planned to slice through the protected Split Oak Forest.
The board voted 7-3 to approve a resolution declaring the land as necessary for acquisition.
CFX aims to take just under 3 acres of land within Eagles Roost, a 232-acre park protected through Orange County’s Green PLACE program, for the State Road 534 project, also known as the Osceola Parkway Extension. The agency has a website explaining the details of the road planned to connect State Road 417 in Orange County, near Boggy Creek Road, to Nova Road in Osceola County…