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Noah PranskyApril 15, 2019

New documents, released in response to an inquiry from state Sen. Tom Lee, raise new ethical and legal questions about how the Florida Department of Transportation paid off a firm vying for the state’s lucrative SunPass contract in order to secure the deal with politically-connected contractor Conduent. The procurement is getting new attention in 2019 […]

Noah PranskyApril 8, 2019

More ethical questions are raised about how FDOT is protecting taxpayers.

Jacob OglesApril 2, 2019

Lone highway fire station will be funded with toll revenues through FDOT.

Noah PranskyMarch 29, 2019

But it's still choosing secrecy over transparency.

Jacob OglesFebruary 19, 2019

Facility exists solely to respond to wrecks on toll road.

Noah PranskyJanuary 25, 2019

Those 417,000 invoices don’t even represent all of the drivers who are due to get backlogged bills.

Danny McAuliffeJanuary 18, 2019

Former FDOT employee will lead agency, pending Senate OK.

Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 11, 2019

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St. Pete City Council is backing a plan to speed up improvements to the Westshore interchange where the Howard Frankland Bridge meets State Road 60, the Veterans Expressway and the on and off-ramp to Tampa International Airport. “The Westshore District and Pinellas County’s Gateway area at the western end of the Howard Frankland Bridge comprise […]

Danny McAuliffeJanuary 10, 2019

Gov. Ron DeSantis will consider three former or current employees of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to be the next head of the state agency. The Florida Transportation Commission (FTC), as required by law, agreed to a shortlist of contenders on Thursday after interviewing potentials for the job. Richard Biter, Kevin Thibault and Phillip Gainer made the cut. The names won’t […]

Danny McAuliffeJanuary 9, 2019

The Florida Transportation Commission will soon submit to Gov. Ron DeSantis a shortlist of three candidates to lead the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). The nine-member panel met in person and by phone on Wednesday to discuss 12 applicants who had sought the state agency gig. Commission members whittled the list to five and will attempt […]

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SunPass inquiry reveals new questions about FDOT’s payoff to contractor

FDOT’s SunPass scapegoat quickly lands new gig—with contractor that got favorable treatment

Alligator Alley fire station funding comes closer to reality

FDOT finally fines SunPass contractor

Alligator Alley fire station closer to permanent funding

Bad news for Florida drivers: big backlogged SunPass bills on the way

Kevin Thibault named Fla. Dep’t of Transportation chief

St. Pete joins list of regional support for Westshore interchange overhaul

Three names for Transportation Secretary forwarded to Ron DeSantis

Panel to interview five candidates to lead Department of Transportation