Plans for a new interstate crossing connecting two busy areas of North Lakeland have become clearer.
The Florida Department of Transportation finished a feasibility study in the spring and proposed an official route for a new road that would join Walt Williams Road and State Road 33 near the Bridgewater community with a crossing over I-4.
On Dec. 12, Chuck Barmby, Lakeland’s planning and transportation manager, outlined the proposed route for city commissioners at their agenda study. On Dec. 15, the City Commission will consider a resolution supporting the new route and authorizing City Manager Shawn Sherrouse to begin pursuing state and federal funding for it…