Despite the hopes and efforts of Split Oak Forest’s most zealous defenders, the Central Florida Expressway Authority’s contentious plan to build a stretch of toll road through the prized preserve is ...

The state wildlife agency entrusted with managing Split Oak Forest decided Wednesday to lift protections shielding the 1,700-acre conservation property, clearing the way for the Central Florida ...

The timeline for completing a toll road through Split Oak Forest was set at about six years from now by the Central Florida Expressway Authority Thursday, as it voted without debate to move ahead with ...

STATE AGENCY HAS GIVEN THE FINAL APPROVAL FOR A TOLL ROAD TO BE BUILT THROUGH A PORTION OF PRICE CONSERVATION LAND THAT’S BEEN PROTECTED FOR THREE DECADES. THE ROAD WILL CUT THROUGH THE BOTTOM 60 ...

State conservation officials agreed Wednesday to move forward with a Central Florida land swap that could lead to part of a mitigation area for gopher tortoises and wetlands being used for a road ...

The deal to put a toll road through Split Oak forest is now in the hands of the Central Florida Expressway Authority. 911 AND THE POLICE WILL COME TO YOU, WE ARE HEARING FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Central Florida Expressway Authority has approved plans to build a toll road through Split Oak Forest. On Thursday, CFX officials met with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

Defenders of Split Oak Forest tried but failed Tuesday to persuade Orange County government to take legal action to halt construction of a toll road through the public land’s southern wedge. Forest ...

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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Engineering crews and pink survey ribbons were spotted in and near the Split Oak Forest Wednesday, a sign that a controversial road project broadly rejected by voters was ...

The Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) on Thursday voted to approve an agreement that allows for an extension of Osceola Parkway through a section of Split Oak Forest.