/tags/highway highway en-US WLRN Mon, 08 May 2023 14:09:54 GMT /florida-news/2023-05-08/florida-speeds-up-work-on-20-highway-projects-per-desantis-request Gov. Ron DeSantis requested $4 billion to expedite 20 highway projects spanning from Central Florida to South Florida, under the banner of “Moving Florida Forward.” Mon, 08 May 2023 14:09:54 GMT /florida-news/2023-05-08/florida-speeds-up-work-on-20-highway-projects-per-desantis-request Jim Turner /news/2021-12-27/annual-highway-report-ranks-florida-roads-as-41st-overall-in-u-s Florida ranks in the bottom 10 of all states in six categories including traffic fatality rates, but gets high points for the condition of its bridges and pavement Mon, 27 Dec 2021 13:08:13 GMT /news/2021-12-27/annual-highway-report-ranks-florida-roads-as-41st-overall-in-u-s Cathy Carter /local-news/2021-03-04/plans-to-scrap-three-controversial-florida-toll-roads-advances-in-the-legislature A Republican-backed effort to repeal the construction of three controversial toll roads is moving forward in the legislature. It would open the door for two other projects to commence. Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:27:46 GMT /local-news/2021-03-04/plans-to-scrap-three-controversial-florida-toll-roads-advances-in-the-legislature Robbie Gaffney /news/2020-06-15/florida-welcome-centers-reopen-with-free-face-masks TALLAHASSEE --- Two state-operated welcome centers opened to the public Monday for the first time since March, while the coronavirus pandemic keeps two… Mon, 15 Jun 2020 20:12:11 GMT /news/2020-06-15/florida-welcome-centers-reopen-with-free-face-masks Jim Turner - News Service of Florida /2020-02-21/some-in-rural-florida-want-officials-to-change-direction-on-toll-roads To prepare for more development, lawmakers in Florida are commissioning new toll roads through rural areas. But some communities are pushing back. "We don't need this toll road," one resident says. Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:00:57 GMT /2020-02-21/some-in-rural-florida-want-officials-to-change-direction-on-toll-roads Greg Allen /show/sundial/2018-06-18/836-expressway-extension-vamos-4-puerto-rico-new-charlie-cinnamon-exhibit Miami-Dade commissioners will vote Wednesday on the controversial 836 extension - a project to prolong the highway for 14 miles south of its current… Mon, 18 Jun 2018 20:36:45 GMT /show/sundial/2018-06-18/836-expressway-extension-vamos-4-puerto-rico-new-charlie-cinnamon-exhibit /news/2017-05-14/no-selfies-here-fdot-picks-i-395-reconstruction-plan-but-local-leaders-say-they-wanted-more-input It's intended to connect the MacArthur Causeway with I-95 and the Dolphin Expressway, but a project to improve I-395 has divided Miami-Dade leaders and… Sun, 14 May 2017 13:06:59 GMT /news/2017-05-14/no-selfies-here-fdot-picks-i-395-reconstruction-plan-but-local-leaders-say-they-wanted-more-input /transportation/2015-08-31/enrollment-ends-for-mdx-toll-reimbursement-program Regular commuters have until the end of the day Monday to register for the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority’s new toll reimbursement program.The Cash Back… Mon, 31 Aug 2015 14:20:00 GMT /transportation/2015-08-31/enrollment-ends-for-mdx-toll-reimbursement-program /the-end-of-the-road/2014-04-13/if-you-thought-the-driving-was-crazy-you-didnt-know-about-i-95s-drug-smuggling-years NOTE: Author Tony Dokoupil will be speaking at the Miami Book Fair International on Sunday, November 23rd at 5:30.Like many born in the '50s, Interstate… Mon, 14 Apr 2014 03:11:13 GMT /the-end-of-the-road/2014-04-13/if-you-thought-the-driving-was-crazy-you-didnt-know-about-i-95s-drug-smuggling-years /the-end-of-the-road/2014-03-30/photos-highway-landscaping-may-have-squelched-your-road-rage There’s a good chance you’ve seen the work of Elisabeth Hassett and an equally good chance you didn’t really notice it. Hassett is the landscape architect… Sun, 30 Mar 2014 18:26:47 GMT /the-end-of-the-road/2014-03-30/photos-highway-landscaping-may-have-squelched-your-road-rage