Scott PowersMay 18, 2020
4min810
Coronavirus closures allowed crews to expedite work.
Tag: State Road 408Natasha Ducre surveys the kitchen of her devastated home, which lost most of its roof during the passage of Hurricane Milton on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. Ducre, her husband, three children and two grandkids rode out the storm in a government shelter and returned to find their home unlivable and much of their furniture and belongings destroyed by rainwater. Image via AP/Rebecca Blackwell.
Scott PowersMay 18, 2020
Renzo DowneyApril 12, 20204min645
As little as a third of the normal traffic now traverses the section.
Drew WilsonMarch 8, 2017
2min341
The Florida Senate passed a bill to rename a section of State Road 408 in honor of Arnold Palmer Wednesday. SB 480, sponsored by Altamonte Springs Republican Sen. David Simmons, earned unanimous approval in the floor vote, as well as its lone committee stop in the Senate Transportation Committee. In addition to renaming the state […]
Scott PowersFebruary 21, 20172min370
Driving like Arnold Palmer may soon take on a new meaning in Orlando. The Senate Transportation Committee approved a bill Tuesday to rename about four miles of State Road 408 as the “Arnold Palmer Expressway,” honoring the legendary golfer and longtime Orlando snowbird resident who died last September. “As you know Arnold Palmer was not […]
Scott PowersFebruary 13, 2017
4min318
Five possible corridors are being unveiled publicly to possibly expand Central Florida Expressway Authority’s East-West Expressway eastward toward Brevard County and none of them can avoid going through the environmentally- and politically-sensitive area of East Orange County. The expressway authority will unveil the five Thursday night at a 5 p.m. public workshop at the Eastpoint […]