DeSantis said the “Moving Florida Forward” initiative will help some projects finish up to 10 years ahead of schedule and will be paid for through Florida’s budget surplus.
“Just in this year, we’re going to put in $4 billion from our budget surplus to be in these key projects.
DeSantis mostly spoke about projects that are located in Central and Southwest Florida that will widen existing roadways, make existing highway connections more efficient, expand interchanges to be more free-flowing and help improve traffic flow. “I think anywhere from ChampionsGate, you look at between here in Tampa, you go up like I-75 in Ocala, interchanges with the Florida Turnpike. There’s a lot of places that really need this relief,” he said.Reconstructing US 301 between County Road 470 and Florida’s turnpike to increase traffic capacity
Adding new lanes on I-75 between State Road 44 and State Road 326 and making interchange modifications Adding new lanes and reconstructing existing interchanges on I-4 between ChampionsGate and Osceola ParkwayImproving I-4 traffic interchange at State Road 33 to support more traffic and adding new lanesDeSantis said he plans to work with legislators to make the initiative a reality.
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