Wrong, those checkpoints are there to make sure you arent bring invasive species into Florida, that might kill citrus trees...
It’s gone.
The COVID-19 checkpoint at the Florida weigh station on Interstate 95 below the Georgia state line, the bane of southbound drivers who were stuck in the traffic jams it caused, shut down with no notice.
The state didn’t tell anyone; it just scooped up the big orange traffic control barrels on July 17 and let traffic flow.
FDOT spokeswoman Beth Frady said a news alert about the removal was not needed, even though the agency alerted the news media in June 5 emails and social media that the I-10 checkpoint at the Florida/Alabama state line had been removed.
“The deactivation did not impact traffic within the area, so a traffic advisory was not necessary,“ she said on Monday. ”... The reduction in the need for the checkpoint allows for the redirection of valuable resources from the Department of Health and other agencies for other uses throughout the state.“