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The Florida Department of Transportation is ramping up a project which will soon add new lanes to a busy stretch of Interstate 4.
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FDOT’s Moving I-4 Forward initiative will start construction soon on a 7.5-mile accelerated start project, which includes a new lane in each direction for Interstate 4 from east of U.S. Highway 27 and east of World Drive. The section where the accelerated projects are found sees an average of 140,000 vehicles per day.
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Work that will be completed later this year for I-4 includes:
- One new lane on I-4 in each direction from east of U.S. 27 to west of State Road 429, a stretch of 4.1 miles, as well as two new express lanes that will open in the future in each direction along 1.6 miles.
- A new lane in each direction over 3.4 miles of I-4, from west of S.R. 429 to World Drive, as well as two new express lanes that will open in the future in each direction.
- Wider entrance and exit ramps at the ChampionsGate interchange.
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