Efforts to ease congested roadways in some of Florida’s fastest-growing communities may get a boost with a new legislative package that aims to fast-track 20 priority projects with a projected $7-billion state funding boost.
Through the Moving Florida Forward plan, if passed by the state legislature, Florida intends to lnvest $4 billion now from a surplus in the state general fund, and for the next four years, redirect $131 million annually to Florida’s State Transportation Work Program while set to leverage the funds to add an estimated $3 billion more that would expedite 20 priority infrastructure projects, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis in an announcement Jan. 30.