Poinciana Parkway Toll Road
Developers of the master-planned community of Poinciana are exploring ways of financing a 10 mile toll road between Cypress Parkway and U.S. Highway 17-92. Avatar Holdings, the developers of the community, have asked Osceola County for help with the new four lane toll road that is expected to open in 2007.
Poinciana was voted the third best master-planned community in the U.S. in 2003 and thousands have taken advantage of low home prices to move into the community. However, there are only two roads out of Poinciana towards the attractions and Orlando. Poinciana Boulevard and Pleasant Hill Road have reached near 'failure' level with the amount of traffic. If that critical level should be reached then new developement at the community would have to stop. Poinciana Boulevard will soon be widened in parts, but that will not be enough to sustain the planned growth.
Posted on 4 March 2005
