Construction has begun on a new segment of Central Polk Parkway. It is a new stretch of tolled roadway that will improve connectivity to Insterstate-4 and reduce traffic on roads including U.S. 17 in Bartow.

Brenda Cummings said bumper to bumper traffic is a growing issue in Polk County, and when it comes to I-4, she avoids it altogether.

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"Its always congested, no matter what time, day or night. Cummings said. I always try to avoid it. I try to take the back roads because its always congested."

Cummings thinks expanding high-traffic roadways could help alleviate congestion in Florida's fastest-growing county.

"Thats our number one complaint and thats all throughout Polk County. This will help alleviate that, especially coming into Bartow," said Trish Pfeiffer, a Bartow cit

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