Southport Connector
The Southport Connector project in one form or another providing a road to connet Haines City to the west to Florida's turnpike to the east through the center of Poinciana is a road that has been talked about for more than 50 years as the Lakeland Ledger article below describes
The Southport Connector project is meant to significantly improve the traffic flow on Cypress Parkway through the center of Poinciana. It is also meant to provide a direct connection to the Florida Turnpike allowing Poinciana residents to either go north to Orlando bypassing the Kissimmee/192 area or heading south towards Miami
This project was presented to the Central Florida Board of Directors in March of 2018 but the decision was made not to move forward with the project because the project costs exceeding $1B could not be covered by the projected toll revenues alone.
In December 2025 the recent PD&E Study was presented to the CFX Board of Directors and approved unanamously.
The new study is described on a web site describing the project.
The front page of the web site is pictured below.
