Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Transportation on Wednesday formally announced ambitious plans for an accelerated overhaul of more than 14 miles of Interstate 4 west of Orlando, which ranks as one of the nation’s most congested corridors.

Much of the scope of the $2.5 billion project had been disclosed last month in the transportation department’s heavily attended forum with road builders and other transportation contractors to bring them up to speed on the project’s multiple phases. But the state had made no public announcement until DeSantis’ press conference at Florida Polytechnic University in

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