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Lloyd DunkelbergerDecember 26, 2018

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 […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerJanuary 24, 2018

Florida lawmakers are looking to salvage a fiscally failed project known as “Bo’s Bridge” near Pensacola. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee Tuesday approved a bill (HB 1281) that could allow the state to refinance and acquire the Garcon Point Bridge, which spans a portion of eastern Pensacola Bay and has been in default on […]

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