This Labor Day weekend, tourists and locals heading to Walt Disney World or the coast have a new way to pass traffic accidents faster — driving on the shoulder.

The outermost lane on parts of two Central Florida highways, usually reserved for stopped cars or emergency vehicles, will now be opened for drivers when there is an accident elsewhere on the road.

The Flex Lanes are the Central Florida Expressway Authority’s latest effort at easing congestion in one of Orlando’s fastest growing corridors. The agency installed them along 21 miles of State Road 417 last month and 13 miles of State Road 429 in Orange County late last year, but they’ve been used only sporadically since then.

Labor Day marks the first major holiday where the lanes will be fully functional.

They’re opening just as t

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