LECANTO, Fla. — A faster commute with no traffic signals: What's not to like? An extension to the Suncoast Parkway brings that driving experience to Citrus County, and it's open today.

The 13-mile, four-lane extension of the Suncoast Parkway has been dubbed by critics as "the road to nowhere" because it ends in the middle of Citrus County. It doesn't bend west toward U.S. 19 or ...