{"id":247568,"date":"2026-04-26T20:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T20:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247568\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T20:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T20:34:09","slug":"orlando-plans-crosswalk-at-mills-avenue-and-canton-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247568\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando plans crosswalk at Mills Avenue and Canton Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014\u00a0A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlando.gov\/Building-Development\/City-Projects\/Mills-50-Midblock-Crosswalk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">proposed midblock crosswalk in the Mills 50 district<\/a> would improve accessibility for pedestrians trying to cross Mills Avenue in Orlando.<\/p>\n<p>What You Need To Know<\/p>\n<p>The City of Orlando is moving forward with plans for a midblock crosswalk along Mills Avenue at Canton Street<br \/>\n<br \/>The project would improve accessibility for pedestrians crossing the busy street, while alerting drivers<br \/>\n<br \/>Plans also include new signs, flashing beacons, and curb extensions<br \/>\n<br \/>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlando.gov\/Events\/Mills-50-Midblock-Crosswalk-Public-Meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">public meeting is scheduled for Tuesday<\/a> so staff can meet with community members and talk about the project<\/p>\n<p>The project is intended to increase visibility for pedestrians crossing the busy street and alerting drivers as they walk through.<\/p>\n<p>The crosswalk would be built halfway through Mills Avenue at Canton Street. The project map shows a striped crosswalk leading to a green and black refuge island in the middle of the roadway, which will allow people to cross the street in smaller sections instead of one long crosswalk.<\/p>\n<p>Plans also include installing Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons on both traffic directions to alert drivers, new curb extensions with ADA-accessible ramps, signs, and pavement markings.<\/p>\n<p>Once built, the crosswalk would change how drivers can turn across Mills Avenue on Canton Street.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot_2026-04-26_155604.jpeg\" alt=\"Mills Avenue at Canton Street. (Courtesy: Google Maps)\" class=\"hashed-image image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-seventy-five\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-caption=\"Mills Avenue at Canton Street. (Courtesy: Google Maps)\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mills Avenue at Canton Street. (Courtesy: Google Maps)<\/p>\n<p>City of Orlando staff are allocating nearly $176,000 for the project. The funds come from money generated from red light camera violations, which are reinvested into roadway safety projects.<\/p>\n<p>Dany Sierra, who owns Another Pizza along Mills Avenue, supports the city\u2019s project. He says he sees a lot of pedestrians at night, especially on weekends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs [long] as the people are safer, there\u2019s nothing bad about it,\u201d said Sierra.<\/p>\n<p>According to the project timeline, a 90% design submittal is due in June and the final design will be submitted in July. Then, construction can start this fall.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s transportation department is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlando.gov\/Events\/Mills-50-Midblock-Crosswalk-Public-Meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">hosting a public meeting this week<\/a> so residents, businesses and community members can learn more about the crosswalk project and safety enhancements.<\/p>\n<p>It will be held at the Colonialtown Neighborhood Center from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014\u00a0A proposed midblock crosswalk in the Mills 50 district would improve accessibility for pedestrians trying to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2173,2175,1015,115,1335,139,141,140,2180,729,2177],"class_list":{"0":"post-247568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-app-traffic-transit","9":"tag-app-traffic-and-transit","10":"tag-emma-delamo","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-orange-county","13":"tag-orlando","14":"tag-orlando-headlines","15":"tag-orlando-news","16":"tag-topic-latest-traffic-transit-news","17":"tag-traffic","18":"tag-traffic-and-transit"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}