ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. -- After years of false starts and delayed promises, ground is being broken for central Florida's commuter rail line.
State and local officials are breaking ground Friday for the SunRail project at a ceremony in Altamonte Springs, an Orlando suburb.
The 61-mile SunRail project will stretch from Volusia County, to the northeast of Orlando, to Osceola County, to the south.
The first phase of the project will connect Orlando with DeBary, a community that is about halfway to Daytona Beach.
The $1.3 billion project is slated to be finished in 2016.