Orlando, Fla. – Disney World a $600-million project to be build on 27,433 acres of land 16 miles southwest of here and fashioned in part after California's Disneyland , may be ready for its first visitors by 1970, Disney officials indicate.
Work is expected to begin this summer, assuming that local lawmakers and the Florida Legislature approve a number of proposals concerning the project.
This announcement was made earlier this month to a group of nearly 1,000 persons invited to to the first public showing of a 25-minute color film in which the late Walt Disney explains his concepts for Disney World. Among those attending the presentation were state officials, legislators, county officers and business leaders.
Proposals awaiting approval include the formation of two municipalities in Orange and Osceola Counties and the creation of a special assessment district.
The district would handle drainage and flood and pest control; it also would be given the authority to build and maintain roads, as well as utility and sewer systems, and to provide public transportation, police and fire protection, airports and parking facilities. And it would have control over land use and planning.
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