Building more connections between Orange and Lake Counties in the areas of Horizon West and south Clermont is a hot-button topic for residents who call the sprawling area of former orange groves-turned-houses home.

Subdivisions are going up at a breakneck speed on both sides of the county line. Latest Forecast

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Many residents in Lake County work or play in Orange County. Traveling to Orange to go to doctors or the hospital, to shop or to spend a day at Disney are not uncommon trips.

But the connections, particularly between the area of Wellness Way and far south Clermont to Horizon West and the 429, are severely lacking.

Recently, Orange County announced construction would soon begin on the 1-mile segment of the New Independence Par

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