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Roads vs. pristine Florida? Gov. DeSantis signs massive toll road bill
The Florida Phoenix ^
| May 17, 2019
| Michael Moline
Posted on 06/11/2019 3:10:34 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Despite pleas from two former state governors and at least 90 environmental and community groups and businesses, Gov. Ron DeDantis on Friday signed a multibillion-dollar plan to build long stretches of toll roads across undeveloped sections of the state.
The legislation has been labeled the worst environmental bill in twenty years. And the Florida Sierra Club has warned of pristine areas becoming urban sprawl, where subdivisions and strip malls will proliferate and the natural resources that bring visitors to the state will be overused and overrun.
DeSantis approved the bill anyway.
The announcement came not from the governors press office but from aides to Senate President Bill Galvano, a Bradenton Republican who made the projects his priority during the 2019 legislative session and who would be in a position to frustrate the DeSantis agenda in the future if crossed.
The governors office had no immediate reply to a request for comment, but at 2:08 p.m. released an updated daily schedule listing the bill signing at 11:45 a.m. at the Longboat Key Club & Resort, where Galvano was hosting a golf tournament honoring his late father. The office issued a press release announcing the signing at 3:22 p.m.
Earlier, during a ceremonial signing in Sarasota of legislation making texting while driving a primary offense, DeSantis had signaled that he was ready to sign the bill.
I think we need new roads in Florida to get around. Its a bill that Ill support and sign, DeSantis told reporters.
Particularly, Southwest Florida and into Central Florida, right now you have to go all the way around [Interstate] 75. Its not a good route. To have a more direct route there I think would be good. Completing the Suncoast Parkway I think would give another route to places like Tallahassee . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at floridaphoenix.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: billgalbano; bradenton; business; construction; development; environment; evacuation; florida; floridasenate; floridasturnpike; funding; gop; growth; heartlandconnector; hurricanes; infrastructure; legislature; protests; rondesantis; spending; suncoastparkway; tallahassee; tolls; transportation
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To: BobL; GreenLanternCorps; sphinx; oldvirginian
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posted on
06/11/2019 3:11:16 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(The Modern Democrat Party: America's largest hate group.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Gov. DeSantis signs massive toll road bill..
I’ve heard the bill was written on a 4 foot wide piece of paper.
...sorry...
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posted on
06/11/2019 3:12:12 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
To: All
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posted on
06/11/2019 3:12:28 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(The Modern Democrat Party: America's largest hate group.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Then pass a no growth bill. No new permits allowed.
To: dp0622; All
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posted on
06/11/2019 3:14:08 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(The Modern Democrat Party: America's largest hate group.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I have always loathed toll roads. Just hate having to fool with them.
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posted on
06/11/2019 3:14:20 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: All
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posted on
06/11/2019 3:15:01 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(The Modern Democrat Party: America's largest hate group.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
06/11/2019 3:15:21 PM PDT
by
lastchance
(Credo.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I would bet a lot of money changed hands with this signing....
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posted on
06/11/2019 3:16:03 PM PDT
by
EagleUSA
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Alligators and pythons affected most...
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posted on
06/11/2019 3:16:07 PM PDT
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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posted on
06/11/2019 3:16:16 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(The Modern Democrat Party: America's largest hate group.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
What say FL folks? Is it needed?
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posted on
06/11/2019 3:16:22 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I haven’t driven around much of the state
but I do know that no matter how decent the
roads are, if it’s a spaghetti plate mess like
we have in Ocala, yikes. Surely it won’t be.
How can you mess up a turnpike?
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posted on
06/11/2019 3:17:26 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
(Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
You don't even realize that you were on a Florida toll road until a couple months later when a bill shows up in your mailbox.
Yeah, building more freeways really fixed Southern California alright. Yeah, that's the ticket …
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posted on
06/11/2019 3:17:57 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(September 11, 2001 : Never forget, never forgive.)
To: EagleUSA; All
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06/11/2019 3:18:02 PM PDT
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Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(The Modern Democrat Party: America's largest hate group.)
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06/11/2019 3:21:52 PM PDT
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DoughtyOne
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
Some of them have gone all-electronic. A camera took a picture of your license plate for the bill, since you didn’t have a Sunpass.
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posted on
06/11/2019 3:26:15 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(The Modern Democrat Party: America's largest hate group.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
My beloved home state,the Gay State,has a history with toll roads/bridges/tunnels going back to the 1950s.
Long story short...every damn 400 pound,illiterate brother-in-law of every filthy knuckledragging Rat Party politician somehow manages to score a $120K/yr job on the Turnpike Authority...jobs which,according to numerous news reports,require lots of time spent on golf courses during typical business hours.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Sad to see he’s OWNED by Big Toll Road. No different than Governor Perry...but the ‘benefits’ from these guys are tough for any governor to resist.
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posted on
06/11/2019 3:40:43 PM PDT
by
BobL
(I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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