Lakelandmarks
Under Construction Roads
Polk Parkway (SR 570)

Polk Parkway's toll booths gave way to all-electronic tolling

FDOT converted the length of the Polk Parkway (SR 570) to cashless, all-electronic tolling in a roughly $32.9 million project.

The Florida Department of Transportation converted the Polk Parkway (SR 570) from mile marker 0 to 18 to all-electronic tolling, replacing traditional toll plazas with cashless systems that read transponders and license plates. The work covered the full stretch of the toll road through Polk County.

C.W. Roberts Contracting, Inc. held the construction contract, valued at about $32.9 million. The contract was let in December 2020, work began in June 2021, and FDOT's records list the construction phase as complete with an estimated completion date of July 9, 2025.

The project appears in FDOT's Five-Year Work Program (item 440857) spanning fiscal years 2023 through 2026, managed out of the department's District One.

What happens next

FDOT records mark the construction phase as complete. No further milestones are listed in the work program record.

Timeline

Dec 15, 2020
Construction contract let
FDOT Work Program item 440857 (contract E8S51)
Jun 7, 2021
Construction work began
FDOT Work Program item 440857 (contract E8S51)
Jul 9, 2025
Estimated completion date listed in FDOT records
FDOT Work Program item 440857 (contract E8S51)

Receipts — verify every claim

Spotted by the Lakelandmarks records pipeline · updated Jul 8, 2026

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Sources for this page: FDOT work program.