Jesse SchecknerAugust 3, 2023
7min0
Supply chain issues, unfavorable weather and ‘holidays’ have caused the new delays, state transportation officials say.
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Jesse SchecknerAugust 3, 2023Jesse SchecknerJuly 7, 2023
4min0
A 4th Governor-appointed member representing the county’s unincorporated area remains outstanding.
Gray RohrerSeptember 7, 2022
4min0
About 750,000 drivers would save $550 next year under the plan, DeSantis said.
Gray RohrerAugust 25, 2022
3min0
Florida commuters who go through at least 40 tolls per month will see a cut in their tolls.
Staff ReportsJuly 5, 20193min364
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed a bill shutting down the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority and replacing it with the new Greater Miami Expressway Agency. HB 385 transfers all of MDX’s liabilities and assets — including toll facilities — to the new entity. Toll rates will stay the same under the Greater Miami Expressway Agency. “The […]
Scott PowersMarch 28, 2019
5min579
Letter: merge Miami-Dade Expressway Authority with part of Florida's Turnpike.
Drew WilsonFebruary 28, 2018
2min523
Lobby firm Gomez Barker Associates received an estimated $190,000 in pay from its principals last quarter to finish out the year with $885,000 in total compensation. The two-man shop, run by Fausto Gomez and Manny Reyes, had 30 clients for all or part of 2017, and its Q4 numbers show heavy support from South Florida […]
Scott PowersApril 6, 2017
4min312
A bill aimed at preventing tragedies like when two 14-year-old boys disappeared in a fishing boat off the coast of Jupiter in 2015 won approval from the House Government Oversight Committee Thursday. House Bill 711, embraced by Blu Stephanos, the father of of one of the boys in that ill-fated boat, Austin Stephanos, would give Florida boat […]
Ryan RayNovember 19, 2015
3min188
The Senate Committee on Transportation approved a bill to rejigger representation within the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority and tighten ethics rules within the quasi-governmental body. The transportation panel approved SB 574, sponsored by Miami Sen. Anitere Flores, by a vote of 6-0. Toll increases and disclosure problems with the expressway authority, known locally and in legislative parlance as MDX, precipitated […]
Ryan RayNovember 13, 2015
2min182
Miami-based Gomez Barker Associates boasts a wide range of top South Florida lobbying clients, and it was paid handsomely during 2015’s third quarter. The firm brought in a total of $215,000 between July 1 and September 30, according to recently filed lobbying compensation reports. The firm’s leading clients was Miami-Dade Expressway Authority in terms of compensation, whose fees […]