{"id":93451,"date":"2025-12-23T07:09:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T07:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/93451\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T07:09:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T07:09:39","slug":"progress-for-hartwood-marsh-expansion-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/93451\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress for Hartwood Marsh expansion continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CLERMONT, Fla. \u2014\u00a0Clermont residents say they\u2019re excited to see plans for a major road expansion project in southeast Lake County move forward.<\/p>\n<p>Lake County commissioners hope to get construction for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lakecountyfl.gov\/public-works\/engineering\/hartwood-marsh-widening\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hartwood Marsh widening project<\/a> going early next year.<\/p>\n<p>What You Need To Know<\/p>\n<p>Last week, commissioners approved moving forward with the construction process, scheduled to begin in March 2026, after securing sufficient funds<br \/>\n<br \/>A two-phase project that converts two lanes into four, beginning on U.S. 27 to Regency Hills Drive<br \/>\n<br \/>In 2022, county commissioners approved the design update of Hartwood Marsh Road, but never followed through due to a lack of funding and other projects taking priority\u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/>Next month, the county will begin the bid process to award the contract to a construction group<\/p>\n<p>During Tuesday\u2019s meeting of last week, commissioners approved moving forward with the construction process, scheduled to begin in March 2026, after securing sufficient funds. It\u2019s a two-phase project that converts two lanes into four on Hartwood Marsh Road, beginning on U.S. 27 to Regency Hills Drive.<\/p>\n<p>It will also include paved sidewalks, traffic separators, shoulders, bike lanes, and curb and gutter.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/12-22-2025_Hartwood_Marsh_Lake_County.jpeg\" alt=\"The Hartwood Marsh widening project will convert two lanes into four, beginning on U.S. 27 to Regency Hills Drive, in the town of Clermont. (Lake County Government)\" class=\"hashed-image image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-caption=\"The Hartwood Marsh widening project will convert two lanes into four, beginning on U.S. 27 to Regency Hills Drive, in the town of Clermont. (Lake County Government)\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Hartwood Marsh widening project will convert two lanes into four, beginning on U.S. 27 to Regency Hills Drive, in the town of Clermont. (Lake County Government)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody was practically jumping for joy now that it is finally going to get done,\u201d Clermont resident Vincent Niemiec says.<\/p>\n<p>This is a project that has been on the county\u2019s to-do list for years. And a project that Clermont resident Vincent Niemiec has been waiting for years to finally happen. He uses this road to get to and from his home and says the traffic is only getting worse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s backed up for at least over a mile because of the single lane traffic,\u201d Niemiec says.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2022, county commissioners approved the design update of Hartwood Marsh Road, but never followed through due to a lack of funding and other projects taking priority. The Florida Department of Transportation is funding the project, but the county would have to wait until 2027 to get the money. In October, commissioners decided to go after a local bank loan so they could begin the project sooner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis couldn\u2019t come at a better time, and it makes our way of life a lot better,\u201d Niemiec says.<\/p>\n<p>Next month, the county will begin the bid process to award the contract to a construction group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLERMONT, Fla. \u2014\u00a0Clermont residents say they\u2019re excited to see plans for a major road expansion project in southeast&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[274,2173,2175,8905,2174,115,139,141,140,278,729,2177],"class_list":["post-93451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-app-top-stories","tag-app-traffic-transit","tag-app-traffic-and-transit","tag-camille-acevedo","tag-lake-county","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-top-stories","tag-traffic","tag-traffic-and-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93451","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=93451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}