Florida’s legislature closed its 2023 regular session on May 5 by approving several multibillion-dollar measures targeting transportation projects across the state. These include the Moving Florida Forward plan for $7 billion worth of construction over four years. Implementation of the plan, pitched in January by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), would accelerate nearly two dozen major highway projects.
Work ranges from the $1.4-billion reconstruction of Interstate 4
through Osceola County to a new $23-million diverging diamond
interchange at the I-75/Pine Ridge Road junction in Collier County.