Wed December 23, 2020 - Southeast Edition #27
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Lawson Lamar (L), vice president of J. McKinnon Development, and Reece Brimmer, president of Peninsula Technologies (owned by J. McKinnon).
The task of building Florida s mammoth
Brightline Trains extension from West Palm Beach to Cocoa, then west to Orlando International Airport, is a Herculean one for any of the contractors on the project. The $2.7-billion enterprise encompasses 170 mi. of track that will ultimately connect Orlando with Miami.
The portion of the train line from Orlando International Airport east to the Space Coast has seen the most activity in Central Florida. Anyone traveling on the east-west SR 528/Beachline Expressway over the past year has no doubt noticed the land clearing and track installation that parallels the south side of the rural highway.