Tavistock Development Company has made a costly concession, agreeing to relocate a new utility plant for Sunbridge in exchange for the full support of Osceola County Commissioners -- and environmental groups -- for a new toll road that clips the southwest corner of the Split Oak Forest.
Tavistock Vice President Clint Beaty told GrowthSpotter the decision will cost the developer millions of dollars and could delay construction in the Osceola portion of Sunbridge for years.
But it clears the way for the Osceola Parkway Extension to be constructed using the alignment that directly benefits the developer and links its three largest communities: Lake Nona, Poitras and Sunbridge.
"After conversations with stakeholders, including the environmental community, we decided that moving the utility plant was a reasonable compromise in continuing to move this significant regional roadway project forward," Beaty said.
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