Orange County commissioners had mistakenly thought four yearsago when they voted for the project, the interchange would be builton their dirt. Instead, the new road opens in December inneighboring Osceola County where taxpayers aren't paying a dime forthe project.

But there's a bright side to the embarrassing scenario. OrangeCounty taxpayers won't have to fork over the funds unless theinterchange generates additional revenue that would allow thecounty to pay for the cloverleaf. Once the road opens, the newproperty tax money will come from three Disney-owned assets--AnimalKingdom, Coronado Resort and the Disney Boardwalk attraction.

These three properties alone generated $6.5 million in propertytaxes last year. Disney's entire 30,000-acre empire is currentlyassessed at $4.9 billion. The company paid Orange County $109million in 1999 property taxes.