| The Williams Community Redevelopment Area was created in 2002 and is distinctly different from the other CRAs within the City of Lakeland. While the Williams CRA Redevelopment Plan does not address older historic blighted areas, it does focus upon a redevelopment program to deal with transportation blight in a newly developing area. The intent of this CRA is to create an environment in which needed transportation and related improvements can be designed and funded and to promote economic development to respond to the needs of the general public.
Specific CRA improvements that are to be addressed by the Redevelopment Plan are as follows:
Construction of a structurally significant Interstate 4 Interchange that has a high level of architectural detail reminiscent of historic Lakeland and will create a new eastern gateway and sense of arrival to the City.
Development of a new north/south connector, a major collector boulevard, connecting the I-4 interchange with State Road 33 to the north and the proposed east/west connector to the south. |
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