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T.J. Fish
9/1/2019 07:50:22 pm
Lest we not forget the pending Wekiva Trail. This amazing regional trail connection to the Central Florida Coast to Coast Trail is being built for us right now from Seminole and Orange counties to just east of the new SR 46 and CR 46A intersection. It will then be extended to the East Lake Regional Park and Sorrento Elementary school at CR 437. There was once momentum to get the trail built on into Downtown Mount Dora on the barely used rail bed. However, that portion of the project has lost momentum due to lack of financial support from the City of Mount Dora and Lake County. I know everyone wants the trail, but it’s an unusual situation to convert what is legally classified as an active railroad to a regional trail. Stay tuned.
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Joe DiFiore
9/1/2019 09:32:03 pm
What I gather from actions of CXS , Pinsley CFRR or any other entity associated with local railroad, in 2012 the rail company was given app 20 Million dollars ( Gov funds) to re work rails ,ties and bed in the Eustis. Tavares, Mt Dora area . Why were they so quick to cancel contracts with the tourist train companies that have come and gone over the years and stated rails were unsafe ( Daily Commercial) Also was it tax payers who forked over app$ 186, 000 per semaphore recently installed at about a dozen intersections thru out the tri city area.
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