Tag: Department of Transportation

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 13, 2019
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Wednesday’s meeting of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee saw SunPass under scrutiny yet again. The beleaguered toll collector and its contractor Conduent State & Local Solutions have been under fire for months, with Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday calling the vendor a “huge problem.” Concern has already been addressed in a Senate subcommittee. Invoices from last spring have […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerDecember 26, 2018
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A bank representing bondholders filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to force the state Department of Transportation to raise tolls on Northwest Florida’s Garcon Point Bridge to pay off construction bonds that are in default. The 3.5-mile toll bridge, which spans a portion of eastern Pensacola Bay, has had a troubled financial history since it opened […]

Jacob OglesDecember 13, 2018
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Forget “Smart Cities.” Members of Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis’ economic transition team want Florida to be the first “Smart State.” Joe York, president of AT&T Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, said Florida has the chance to lead the nation in data infrastructure at a moment when the “internet of things” begins to affect everything […]


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