Steps taken toward opening Orange Avenue downtown to vehicles on weekends
Jan 16, 2025
In another change to nightlife in downtown Orlando, this weekend sees the City implementing the second phase of a plan to fundamentally change the flow of both pedestrian and vehicle traffic on Orange Avenue. Starting Friday, Jan. 17, current barricades along a stretch of Orange Avenue downtown — put in place in November after the Halloween shooting in the area — will be expanded to include center-lane barricades on Pine Street and Central Boulevard. It's in part an effort to instill habits in downtown pedestrians to stay on, or in close proximity to, sidewalks.