florida toll roads

The repeal bill would still pave the way for other roadway projects such as connecting I-10 in Madison County to U.S. 19 and the Suncoast Parkway. It would also extend the Florida turnpike as determined by the Florida Department of Transportation.

It would provide another proposed end point for the Suncoast Parkway extension.

Under the new bill, transportation officials would develop a plan that would extend the Suncoast Parkway north alongside U.S. 19 by the end of 2035.

Senate President Wilton Simpson says it would lessen environmental and financial impacts while bringing the route closer to Tallahassee.

Bills have been filed in the state House and Senate to kill the plan to build 330 miles of new toll roads through mostly rural areas of the state.

For much of the past year, state transportation officials heard strong opposition to plans for three major new toll roads in Florida. But the controversial projects aren’t dead.

An environmental activist says the Florida Legislature should pass on funding, but the coronavirus pandemic has already financially impacted the project, according to one state transportation official.

A coalition opposing the three planned toll roads says the state is trying to minimize public comments in opposition to the plan. It says 93% of those who have voiced their opinions are against the plans.

A study says the road planned between Polk and Collier counties would undo all the progress that has been made in the past 25 years for endangered Florida panthers by state and federal agencies.

Planning is continuing on building three new toll roads, which would become the biggest road construction project in Florida since the Interstate Highway…

Transportation planners are now using “meetings” to describe online task-force discussions about controversial toll-road projects from Collier County to…

Open government advocates want the brakes applied to upcoming webinars about controversial toll-road projects, contending that more-inclusive in-person…