VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Construction is set to begin Friday on a new Interstate 95 interchange in Volusia County.

The 74-acre project would create an interchange between Port Orange and New Smyrna Beach, south of Daytona Beach, at a road known as Pioneer Trail. The road now has an I-95 overpass.

According to the Florida Department of Transportation , this new interchange will help alleviate traffic congestion at State Road 421 (Dunlawton Avenue) and at State Road 44 (Lytle Avenue).

The project will widen Pioneer Trail to four lanes from Williamson Boulevard to south of Turnbull Bay Road.

The project has been considered for years, with the Department of Transportation submitting an application for an environmental resource permit to the district in February 2022. The district approv

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