Opponents of a Central Florida Expressway Authority plan to put a segment of a toll road through the Split Oak Forest conservation area rallied Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, after dark in Orlando.

Defenders of Split Oak Forest now hope to persuade a state board to keep protective restrictions in place on the 1,700-acre preserve and block the Central Florida Expressway Authority from building… ...

Despite the hopes and efforts of Split Oak Forest’s most zealous defenders, the Central Florida Expressway Authority’s contentious plan to build a stretch of toll road through the prized ...