Hunter s Creek community fighting planned Brightline route
By Andrea Lyon
Hunter s Creek community fighting planned Brightline route
A high-speed train could soon be yards from Hunter s Creek homes. Tracks are planned to run along State Road 417 near the Orange County community. According to an attorney representing the Hunter’s Creek Community Association and Hunter’s Creek Town Center Property Owner Association, it potentially could disrupt the area and drive home prices down.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - A high-speed train could soon be yards from Hunter s Creek homes.
On Thursday, Brightline proposed a plan to extend its railway connecting Miami to Orlando International Airport (OIA) at a scheduled Central Florida Expressway meeting in Orange County. In the plan, Brightline hopes to connect two of the largest and most congested markets in the nation.
Hunters Creek has officially announced it will fight Brightline from laying track along S.R. 417 through the south Orange community as part of an intended route from Orlando’s airport to Tampa. It’s unclear what the fight will entail as Brightline faces an avalanche of challenges in locking down the route, which would include a Disney stop.