Trooper Steve: New I-4 truck parking project aims to make roads safer for everyone

If you’ve spent any amount of time driving I-4, you’ve probably seen it: large semi-trucks parked on highway shoulders, tucked into interchange ramps, or squeezed into places they were never intended to be.The reality is many truck drivers simply run out of available places to legally park and rest.That’s why I was in Sanford on Thursday for a groundbreaking ceremony announcing what transportation leaders hope will be a major step forward for both safety and freight movement across Central Florida.The Florida Department of Transportation, along with federal transportation officials, broke ground on the first facility in the Interstate 4 Truck Parking Relief Program. The project is designed to create additional safe and reliable parking options for commercial truck drivers traveling through one of Florida’s busiest transportation corridors.The Sanford facility, located near State Road 46 and I-4, will be the first of five truck parking sites planned along the I-4 corridor.When all five