Florida OKs Funding for Suncoast Parkway Extension

[kevinb1994]

Abortions for all!

How is this even relevant to the discussion? Unless you're referring to aborted highway plans and/or construction and/or funding (and etc).

It's more relevant than your one-word "agreed". Suck it.

Well, excuse me for crying out loud!

[kevinb1994]

Drink.

We have plenty of water bottles here, thank you very much.

[Plutonic Panda]

Drink.

Done.

[roadman65]

This road was intended to be a relief route but at the same time a sprawl inducer.  Right now it does serve as commuter route from Pasco County to The Bay Area. It's not useless except it's dangling end at SR 44 in LeCanto unless they do finish it elsewhere, but then even as a proposed hurricane evacuation route it will also feed the politicians into using it for more sprawl especially in undeveloped Citrus, Marion and possibly Levy counties.

[roadman65]

Just was on Citrus County Road 490 and saw that construction is well underway where the future Suncoast Parkway will cross the rural two lane road.  A new parallel pavement is in place to be a detour while the existing roadway is refurbished as well as be a permanent eastbound roadway as when the exchange is completed will be four lanes while passing through the intersection so that when more growth happens the road is at least widened within the interchange.

It looks to me like they are more than ready to get this thing done and with traffic at a stand still in Homosassa Springs on nearby US 19 as it was today, this road is needed to funnel some of that mess away. 

[Gnutella]

If done right, the Suncoast Parkway could be useful in taking traffic off I-75. Connecting it to U.S. 19 north of Inglis would be a great shortcut from Tallahassee to Tampa.

[kevinb1994]

If done right, the Suncoast Parkway could be useful in taking traffic off I-75. Connecting it to U.S. 19 north of Inglis would be a great shortcut from Tallahassee to Tampa.

I would suggest also tying it into the First Coast Expressway.

[D-Dey65]

If done right, the Suncoast Parkway could be useful in taking traffic off I-75. Connecting it to U.S. 19 north of Inglis would be a great shortcut from Tallahassee to Tampa.

Actually, the original plan was to take it to Red Level.

My biggest beef with the extension is the realignment west of the originally proposed interchange with US 98, which also runs through the Etna Turpentine Camp Archeological Site. I think they should've kept the originally planned configuration then curved the parkway around the site, and sent it back to where they have it now north of Citrus CR 480.