A plan to extend the region’s commuter rail to Orlando International Airport projects to have strong ridership, and a hefty price tag, Florida Department of Transportation officials said Monday. Three DOT representatives briefed Orlando City Commissioners Monday on the status of the SunRail train as well as the proposed Sunshine Corridor, which would extend a rail line from Orlando .
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings has proposed a new tack to utilizing tourist development tax dollars to fund many major projects — most notably, splitting the Orange County Convention Center’s previously approved expansion into two phases and leaving key projects half-funded or without any earmarked funds at all.
Legendary civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and three other men who were sentenced to work on a chain gang in North Carolina after they launched the first of the “freedom