Central Florida Expressway Authority

Central Florida Expressway Authority
Agency overview
Formed2014[1]
Preceding agency
  • Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority
TypeToll road
JurisdictionOrange, Seminole, Lake, Brevard, Osceola and Polk counties
HeadquartersOrlando, Florida
Websitewww.cfxway.com

The Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) is a highway authority responsible for construction, maintenance and operation of toll roads in five counties of Greater Orlando (Lake, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, and Brevard Counties). It was created in 2014 to replace the Orlando–Orange County Expressway Authority (OOCEA), which only had authority in Orange County, and as of 2016 no roads outside that county have been added to the system. Other toll roads in the area are operated by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (successor to the Seminole County Expressway Authority). The Osceola County Expressway Authority, which previously operated additional toll roads in the area, merged into CFX in 2018.[2][3]

The Wekiva Parkway, the final piece of a beltway around Orlando, was completed through Lake and Orange Counties in January 2024.[4]

CFX operates an electronic toll collection system known as E-PASS, one of the first systems of its kind in the United States.[citation needed] Use of the state's SunPass system is also available on CFX roads. On November 9, 2017, it was announced that CFX would join the E-ZPass group. CFX began accepting E-ZPass as a form of payment starting on September 1, 2018, but only on roads which they maintain.[5][6]

  1. ^ "About CFX". Central Florida Expressway Authority. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  2. ^ Frequently Asked Questions about CFX Archived 2014-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 2014
  3. ^ Jackson, Ken (16 May 2024). "The Osceola Parkway extension: what's happened, and what's next". Osceola News-Gazette. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 28 Sep 2024.
  4. ^ "All Wekiva Parkway Lanes are Open – Central Florida Has a Full Beltway" (Press release). Retrieved 18 Feb 2024.
  5. ^ "Central Florida Expressway Authority Joins E-ZPass Group" (Press release). Central Florida Expressway Authority. November 9, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  6. ^ Williams, Kevin (August 2, 2018). "E-ZPass is coming to some local toll roads starting Sept. 1". Orlando, FL: WFTV. Retrieved August 31, 2018.