Citrus County officials eager, anxious as Suncoast Parkway opening approaches
The biggest 2021 story in Citrus County won’t actually take place until 2022.
That’s when the 13-mile stretch of the Suncoast Parkway opens between U.S. 98 in northern Hernando County and State Road 44 in Lecanto.
Citrus County officials have eyed the parkway project ever since what’s known as Suncoast 1 opened in 2001, connecting Tampa Bay through Pasco and Hernando counties practically to Citrus’s doorstep.
And now, with the opening of Suncoast 2 likely just weeks away, Citrus County is wondering just what is coming up that road – and when.
“Traffic is not going to go crazy overnight,” Commissioner Holly Davis said. “It’s not going to be a tsunami. It’s going to take some time.”
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