FDOT Cancels Florida Turnpike's Killian Parkway Ramp Project

I received an email early this afternoon from Carlos Garcia of RollBackTolls.com with some fantastic news.  He received an email from the office of State Representative Frank Artiles that contained an FDOT press release which stated that the proposed Killian Parkway/Turnpike ramp project has been canceled.  

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the residents of Devon-Aire Villas HOA # 1 who contacted local, state and school representatives to let them know how displeased we were concerning this project.  We also would like to thank the Board & Property Managers of Devon-Aire Villas # 2, 3, 4 & 5 for taking our calls with regards to this issue.  Many of us felt that having a new ramp at the top of the Killian/Turnpike overpass would have had a negative impact on Devon-Aire K8 Center, Devon-Aire Park, pedestrians crossing Killian Parkway as well as commuters in our surrounding communities.  

We would also like to thank Representative Frank Artiles for listening to the community and pushing very hard to have the ramp project canceled.  He stood up in strong opposition of the project in the October 3rd public hearing.  An additional thank you to Commissioner Lynda Bell's office (District 8) for also relaying community concerns to the FDOT.

Click Here to read the email sent to RollBackTolls.com.