Mayor Dyer and Orlando City Commissioners will officially break ground on the President Barack Obama Parkway Extension Project on Friday, June 18. The Parkway, formerly Pine Hills Road / Mission Road, was recently renamed President Barack Obama Parkway by the Orlando City Council to honor the 44th President.

When all segments of the President Barack Obama Parkway extension are completed, the new roadway, as well as the existing segments of Pine Hills Road, will be a nine-mile long continuous connection from Beggs Road in the Apopka Area to Conroy Road in the Millenia Area.

The 3.3 mile parkway extension project begins at the intersection of President Barack Obama Parkway and Conroy Road and ends 500 feet north of the intersection of Pine Hills Road and Old Winter Garden Road. The existing arterial roadway continues north of Old Winter Garden Road as Pine Hills Road to Beggs Road in Apopka.