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A.G. GancarskiNovember 30, 2015

The future of transportation in the Sunshine State includes automated cars, space transportation, and other factors that will revolutionize transportation as we currently see it. And central to that future: the Florida Transportation Plan. On Monday afternoon, in a meeting at Jacksonville’s Hyatt Regency, the Florida Transportation Commission adopted a resolution regarding conditional approval of […]

Associated PressNovember 8, 2015

State officials are spending more than $5 million on a fencing project designed to keep panthers and other large animals off Alligator Alley. The Florida Department of Transportation will start construction later this year on a project that includes 18 miles of 10-foot fencing and work on three animal underpasses east of the Naples-area toll […]

Mitch PerryNovember 6, 2015

Nobody seems to be more upset about how the whole debate process for the Republican presidential candidates than Republicans. This, even after the RNC made such a big deal about how they were going to take control of the process this time around, after feeling they were hijacked by liberal moderators such as John King […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 16, 2015

It appears that the Florida Department of Transportation and the city of Jacksonville are in a disagreement regarding a lapsed Joint Participation Agreement and encumbrance concerning the Mayport/St Johns River Ferry Operations project and Federal Land Access Program money is at stake. An email from Paige Johnston of the General Counsel office to Councilman John Crescimbeni lays […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 9, 2015

Florida Politics has learned that a “meet-and-greet” meeting with “no fixed agenda” is planned Friday between members of the Lenny Curry administration, including the mayor and Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa, and the Florida Department of Transportation. Among the issues to be discussed, according to an email from Mousa, are area transportation issues. Those could include matters […]

Mitch PerryAugust 24, 2015

St. Petersburg based GOP state Sen. Jeff Brandes has for several years aimed to extinguish intersection red-light cameras, so it should be no surprise he introduced SB 168 Monday. The bill would repeal the Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act and eliminate red-light cameras in Florida. “Red-light cameras are another example of taxation by citation, and Florida […]

Phil AmmannJuly 29, 2015

A company has filed a complaint claiming Florida transportation officials used favoritism in awarding a multimillion dollar toll collection contract. WFTV Channel 9 Eyewitness News in Orlando reports an administrative judge will take up the 28-page complaint from Accenture over the $600 million state contract that may not have gone to the best company to […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 10, 2015

One of the recurrent issues during the mayoral campaign: the “Liberty Street Collapse.” Candidate Lenny Curry promised action on it. Mayor Lenny Curry delivered. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has moved up its safety inspection of Coastline Drive to the week of July 20. It had been scheduled for mid-August. In a statement, Curry said: […]

Guest AuthorMarch 15, 2015

FDOT’s recent announcement of their plans to expand Florida’s Turnpike in Palm Beach County brought to mind something my father often said: “Bigness is the problem.” When agencies grow too large, they function like massive cruise ships – great at moving forward, but so poor at changing course they need tug boats to help them. […]

Mitch PerryMarch 1, 2015

Guido Maniscalco said this afternoon that Jackie Toledo, one of his two opponents in this Tuesday’s Tampa District 6 City Council election, needs to be honest with voters regarding published reports about a mailer sent out by a political action committee with connections to her campaign. The Tampa Bay Times’ Rick Danielson reports that that […]

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Company claims favoritism in awarding state toll collection contract

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