Osceola took the first step Monday in widening one of the county’s most congested roadways, a route projected to more than double in traffic over the next few decades.

Commissioners unanimously and without discussion agreed that a wider Canoe Creek Road is necessary to handle future growth, allowing the county to move forward with expanding a 4.65 mile stretch between Deer Run Road and U.S. Route 192 from two lanes to four.

A study found the entire corridor is expected to grow by over 120% by 2050, doubling traffic that is already backed up during rush hour and causing most signalized intersections to fail. The study also found that the tremendous congestion along the corridor contributed to 550 crashes between 2017 and 2021, resulting in many injuries and two fatalities.

But the improv

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