$36 million Cross Prairie Parkway connector to create critical link in southern Osceola County

Osceola County officially began construction on the long-awaited Cross Prairie Parkway Connector.County officials and project partners gathered to mark the milestone on the approximately $36 million project, which has been a primary transportation priority for the Osceola County Board of County Commissioners for the past two years.Cross Prairie Parkway is a key multimodal corridor serving residents in St. Cloud, Kissimmee, and southern Osceola County. Right now, there is no contiguous link between the southern and northern segments of the corridor — between Nolte Road and the C-31 Canal — forcing residents and emergency responders to use alternate routes that lack sufficient capacity and accessibility.The approximately 1.6-mile extension will close that gap, creating a new route between the future Nolte Road Turnpike interchange and the C-31 Canal, connecting to the existing Cross Prairie Parkway in the Tohoqua neighborhood.The project includes the design and construction of a new four