Stay on Track

By JOHN HAUGHEY | Contributing Writer

Why it Matters: The Central Florida Autonomous Vehicle Partnership will be the main place statewide to test and study autonomous vehicles and related technologies.

The $42 million SunTrax autonomous vehicle testing site in Polk County being built by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, a business unit of the Florida Department of Transportation, will complete construction of its 2.25-mile oval track in 2018 and expects to be fully operational by spring 2019.