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Expect lane closures on Buena Vista Drive due to Disney Springs expansion work
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Man, I'll be glad when this is done. I like staying at the hotels around there, but 10 lanes (and the dedicated bus lanes) will make things so much smoother. It was a mess even before the construction started.
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The bus lanes are visible here....
Though this only looks like 8 lanes...
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I would almost rather sit in the bumper to bumper traffic there is now and deal with minor dives by other cars from far left to far right than worry about them diving five lanes.
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↩ replying to Mike730I wonder when they plan on starting this. I haven't seen any premits yet for this, and it wasn't shown in the original Disney Springs permit filed with the South Florida Water Management District.
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↩ replying to Figment2005Be thankful you aren't in Indy now.....sooooooooooo awful here!!
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↩ replying to danlb_2000Maybe they're waiting for all the roadwork on Buenavista drive to be completed first?
I don't know how long that kind of thing generally takes, but I can't see that it would be the kind of thing you can build slowly. It'll have dramatic impacts on the traffic below, so maybe (wishful thinking) theres no permit because when it's built it will be done quickly. And, it seems like they've flip flopped about whether or not it would happen, so maybe they haven't yet gotten it fully submitted and approved by the powers that be.
I guess now you know to keep a keen eye out for it.
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↩ replying to Mike730I'm so glad someone finally posted this. It's in the current Eyes and Ears and I was itching to talk about it.
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but Dan's point is a valid one, you cannot build, change structure from permeable to non-permeable without approval of appropriate steps to contain/redirect water in FL.
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↩ replying to danlb_2000As am I. I would think the lane widening project would need to be completed at least down to the T-Rex entrance for this ramp/intersection project to be completed. How long did they say the lane widening project would be?
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↩ replying to roj2323Things that catch my eye:
I thought the were to be 10 lanes, I only see 8.
There looks to be a sizable pedestrian bridge further down the road that crosses at the TDO building. That's probably for cast parking.
Theres a fourth lane on the east/northbound side but it is clearly fed from somewhere.
There are entering AND exiting cars on the flyover garage entrance, contrary to earlier thoughts that it would be only an entrance. I'm thinking that the fourth lane on Buena Vista Drive is fed by a ramp for cars exiting the garage. They can then return to I4 North down by The Crossroads.
I see a ramp directly in front of the garage, between it and Buena Vista Drive. This might be the fourth lane on the west/southbound side and looks like it might spiral up into the garage as well, directly across from the I4 entrance.
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My best guess based on the artwork... Don't mind the MS paint look...
Steve, you seemed to have a good idea of whats happening with the lane expansion. Any chance you could elaborate a bit? @wdwmagic
EDIT(image deleted because it was wrong)
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↩ replying to Mike730If it's built exactly as shown, then the construction may have minimal impact on the road below. Normally you would expect to see support columns in the median which would be disruptive to build, but the drawing doesn't show this. So the majority of the work would be done on either side of the road and they would just have to do overnight lane closures to crane in the steel.
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↩ replying to Mike730This is how I picture it too except possibly the entance ramp on the north corner (next to the bowling alley) and the exit where you have it.