Florida Turnpike Enterprise outlines Suncoast Parkway PD&E study, including proposed Rangeland interchange and trail crossings

Florida Turnpike Enterprise project staff told the Pasco Metropolitan Planning Organization board on April 10, 2025, that the Suncoast Parkway planning, design and environmental (PD&E) study is in its late stages and will be finalized this summer, and that design on the corridor’s southern segment is expected to advance into contract later this year.

The PD&E study covers the Suncoast Parkway corridor from just south of Van Dyke Road to State Road 52. FTE told the MPO the study’s purpose is to address rapid population and traffic growth, reduce congestion and crashes, improve travel‑time reliability and optimize emergency response. The study evaluates widening the parkway in segments—building to eight lanes in the southernmost segment to meet a projected 2040 need and providing six lanes farther north for longer‑term demand—and recommends interchange and operational improvements at several crossings, including State Road 54, Ridge Road and a potential new interchange at Rangeland Boulevard.

Greg Moore, identified in the meeting as the FTE project manager, said the study will support environmental review and project design. “We’re in the late stages and should be able to finalize the project documentation sometime this summer,” Moore said. He added that design on the southern segment from…