Devon-Aire K8 Center Town Hall Meeting Regarding Florida Turnpike/Killian Parkway Ramp Project

We have been notified by the Devon-Aire K8 PTSA that School Board Rep. Carlos Curbelo  will be holding a Town Hall meeting regarding the proposed Florida Turnpike/Killian Parkway express lane ramps.  This proposed ramp is expected to divert 7,500 cars to Killian to use these new ramps at a cost of up to $6 a trip.  Its is of course inevitable that the increased traffic will have a negative impact on our community and to children attending school there as well as those using Devon-Aire Park for extracurricular activities.  The meeting is scheduled for October 28th at 6PM and will be held at the school.  Please support our local school by attending this very important meeting.

As an update regarding the Florida Turnpike/Killian Parkway Ramp Project, we have been told that the project has been temporarily put on hold, however this does not mean that the project has been canceled.  We want to thank all Devon-Aire Estates, Devon-Aire Villas & other surrounding community residents that attended the October 3rd public hearing.  In all, 190 residents showed up despite FDOT/Turnpike complete lack of community outreach.  Those individuals that showed up did so by mostly by word of mouth.  Because of the overwhelming negative reaction FDOT received at that meeting, they have temporarily postponed the project.  This is of course why residents will need to continue to express to our local elected officials that this proposed ramp is not in the best interests of our community.