A new Orange County commissioner and longtime opponent of the road has been rebuffed in her efforts to reopen discussion of ...

The Florida Senate confirmed a controversial state wildlife commissioner on Tuesday who drew the ire of environmentalists for blessing a planned toll road through Central Florida’s Split Oak Forest.

Rodney Barreto, a developer, is likely headed back to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission despite the controversy.

Despite the hopes and efforts of Split Oak Forest’s most zealous defenders, the Central Florida Expressway Authority’s contentious plan to build a stretch of toll road through the prized ...