Central Polk Parkway - Update

[edwaleni]

The piles are finally being driven at Winter Lake Road where the road will cross.

They already have the pylons up at the other end in Bartow.

[edwaleni]

Bridge pilings for the crossover at Thornhill Road.

[edwaleni]

https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2025/04/17/public-meetings-planned-for-toll-road-extension-in-east-polk-county/83114271007/

Meetings planned April 21-22 for north section of toll road extension in East Polk County

Per the Lakeland Ledger:



Florida's Turnpike Enterprise will hold a pair of public meetings April 21 and 22 to discuss plans for the Central Polk Parkway East section from U.S. 17-92 to the future Poinciana Connector (State Road 538) in Polk County.

A virtual public information meeting will be held April 21 at 6 p.m. An in-person open house will take place April 22 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Tom Fellows Community Center, 207 North Blvd. W., in Davenport.

Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, a division of the Florida Department of Transportation, plans to construction an extension of the toll road from U.S. 17-92, south of the Power Line Road extension, to the future Poinciana Connector. The meetings will address the Project Development and Environment study for the highway.

The Florida Department of Transportation's possible routes for a eastern extension of the Central Polk Parkway. This portion of the map shows the area from south of Haines City to its various proposed connections to Interstate 4.
Participants attending the April 21 virtual meeting may join in listen-only mode by calling 415-930-5321 and entering access code 161-413-255 when prompted.

Participants may register online at the project website, www.CentralPolkParkwayEast.com.

Residents wishing to submit public comments or questions may do so whether attending virtually or at the in-person location. Those who are unable to participate in the meeting may submit comments by contacting the Project Manager, Jazlyn Heywood, at 407-264-3298 or Jazlyn.Heywood@dot.state.fl.us.

All comments received on or before May 2 will be included in the records for the Alternatives Public Information Meeting.

Florida's Turnpike Enterprise has previously held meetings for the planning of another section of the Central Polk Parkway East, extending from S.R. 60 to U.S. 17-92.

[roadman65]

Saw phase one on Winter Lake Road near Winter Haven.  The piles are driven for the overpass that will carry it over Winter Lake Road just West of Thornhill Road.

[edwaleni]

The sat view of the new construction from the Polk Parkway (FL-570) to Bartow (US-17).

[The Ghostbuster]

No such update exists on Google Maps yet.

[edwaleni]

No such update exists on Google Maps yet.

Sentinel-2 L1C data from 4/27/25

Copernicus Sentinel is a supplier to Google Maps, and it is supplied by an open API, it just seems that Google is slow on the batch load.