Orange County commissioners want to be included in any decisions on the controversial Osceola Parkway extension project.

At a meeting Tuesday morning they signed a resolution that seeks more control over the Orange County portion of the project.

“Any told roadway that would be wholly or partly in orange county would require the express approval of this board before they could proceed forward with it,” said Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs.

The resolution passed by the board is a legal formality but ultimately the Osceola County Expressway Authority controls the project.

Chairman Altee Mercer said they plan to work with Orange County moving forward and their goal is to not demolish any homes.

The proposed toll road would extend Osceola Parkway from west of Boggy Creek Road to the proposed Northeast Connector Expressway.

In the resolution, the Orange County Commission calls for the right to review, approve or reject any alignment of the extension that would impact Orange County residents.

Commissioners also said they want more public meetings held in Orange County, not just Osceola.

The point of the Osceola Parkway extension would be to relieve traffic congestion along the Orange-Osceola line near the Lake Nona area.

Concerned homeowners who are part of a group called No Build are still worried their homes would be demolished.

“It sounds like something but it gives them the opportunity to rubber stamp whatever,” said Mary Wilson of Nobuild.org, a group of people who could lose their homes to the new toll road.

Today’s resolution didn’t mean much to Wilson or others like Mike Wald.

“She should say no we are not going to build in Orange County, we are not going to accept this building in Orange County, not leaving an open door the way she did,” said Wald.

Wyndum Lakes, one of those suburbs who could be affected, is meeting with State Rep. Victor Torres, D-Orange County, to discuss the next step.

Mercer said that a vote on a final plan for where the toll road will go still about a year away.