After breaking ground on construction almost six years ago, FDOT and Florida’s turnpike officials will host the grand opening ceremony of the Suntrax test facility in Auburndale this afternoon at 1:30 p.m.

It’s where cutting-edge research on self-driving cars is going to be conducted.

SunTrax sits on 475 acres on Braddock Road just off Polk Parkway and is composed of a 2.25-mile-long oval test track around a 200-acre infield.

The multi-lane track will make it the only high-speed autonomous vehicle testing facility in the southeastern United States…

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise also constructed a main entry campus, featuring a 20,000-square-foot arrival and conference center as well as offices, classrooms, and indoor and outdoor event spaces.