The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is conducting a truck and freight parking Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study along the I-4 corridor in Osceola, Orange, Seminole, and Volusia counties. The purpose of this project is to provide needed truck parking facilities to serve regional freight parking demand within or near the I-4 corridor to address safety and mobility. The PD&E Study is being conducted to identify, evaluate, and recommend viable truck and freight parking sites along or near the 75-mile I-4 corridor across these four counties. The PD&E Study involves engineering analysis, environmental evaluations, and public engagement to evaluate the potential effects of the proposed improvements and to identify the location and conceptual design of the Preferred Alternative for further refinement in the design phase.

Public meetings were held in each county in the spring of 2022 to introduce the project and receive input on the site locations being evaluated. Additional public meetings were held in each county in the summer 2022 to receive input on the alternatives considered and present the preferred site alternatives. During this PD&E Study, five recommended truck parking sites have been identified for advancement, including one recommended site in Osceola, Orange, and Seminole counties and two recommended sites in Volusia County (one eastbound, one westbound).

The PD&E Study is anticipated to be complete in summer 2024.  The Seminole County (FPID: 446445-1), Volusia County Eastbound (FPID: 446445-2), and Volusia County Westbound (FPID: 446445-4), sites are in a concurrent design phase.  The Osceola County site is programmed for design.

NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY

On May 17, 2024, FDOT published a Notice of Opportunity for a Public Hearing for Volusia County Site 1A (Eastbound) and Volusia County Site 1B (Westbound). If you are interested in requesting a location and design concept public hearing for the proposed sites located within Volusia County, please submit your request in writing to FDOT Project Manager, Mark Trebitz, P.E., by mail at 719 S. Woodland Boulevard, DeLand, Florida 32720 or by email at Mark.Trebitz@dot.state.fl.us. The request should be postmarked or emailed no later than June 9, 2024.

Please see the study documents below. Hard copies of the study documents are available for public review at John H Dickerson Heritage Library, 411 S Keech Street, Daytona Beach, FL 32114, until June 9, 2024.