/tags/highways highways en-US WLRN Mon, 30 Jan 2023 22:30:00 GMT /state/2023-01-30/desantis-seeks-to-put-road-work-in-overdrive Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday pitched a $7 billion proposal to speed completion of 20 highway projects as a deadline nears for him to roll out a budget blueprint for the upcoming fiscal year. Mon, 30 Jan 2023 22:30:00 GMT /state/2023-01-30/desantis-seeks-to-put-road-work-in-overdrive Jim Turner | News Service of Florida /news/2022-04-06/a-potential-florida-turnpike-extension-risks-historic-black-community The Northern Turnpike Extension could run through the town of Royal. The community that stands there today is close-knit. Neighbors often gather for barbecues or bonfires, cars honk in recognition when they pass through the dusty roads and friends spend days chatting in lawn chairs. Wed, 06 Apr 2022 19:48:55 GMT /news/2022-04-06/a-potential-florida-turnpike-extension-risks-historic-black-community Heather Bushman - WUFT /news/2021-04-07/as-biden-pushes-major-rail-investments-amtraks-2035-map-has-people-talking "You and your family could travel coast to coast without a single tank of gas onboard a high-speed train," President Biden said. The map shows 30 new routes across the U.S. that funding could create. Wed, 07 Apr 2021 10:52:23 GMT /news/2021-04-07/as-biden-pushes-major-rail-investments-amtraks-2035-map-has-people-talking Laurel Wamsley /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 /news/2019-07-01/miamis-i-395-reconstruction-project-is-expensive-and-unnecessary-study-finds Miami’s titanic I-395 reconstruction project, which includes double-decking a section of State Road 836, has been hailed as a solution that will make… Mon, 01 Jul 2019 15:31:47 GMT /news/2019-07-01/miamis-i-395-reconstruction-project-is-expensive-and-unnecessary-study-finds Linda Robertson /show/the-florida-roundup/2019-05-31/politicians-at-war-over-highways-public-wants-high-speed-rail There’s a war going on in Florida between the state legislature and environmental groups around the state. At stake is the biggest toll highway expansion… Fri, 31 May 2019 21:12:41 GMT /show/the-florida-roundup/2019-05-31/politicians-at-war-over-highways-public-wants-high-speed-rail Gerard Albert /local-news/2019-03-27/residents-worry-bridge-repairs-may-cause-future-commuting-nightmare-for-key-west Anyone who has ever driven to or from Key West has crossed the Cow Key Bridge. It's the only road on or off of the island.Now the state says the bridge's… Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:17:50 GMT /local-news/2019-03-27/residents-worry-bridge-repairs-may-cause-future-commuting-nightmare-for-key-west Nancy Klingener /news/2017-07-05/do-you-really-know-south-florida-roads-you-sure South Floridians drive, a lot. And for people who didn’t grow up here, are new to the area or just directionally challenged, navigating roads in South… Wed, 05 Jul 2017 20:38:23 GMT /news/2017-07-05/do-you-really-know-south-florida-roads-you-sure /news/2017-06-12/dolphin-expressway-extension-could-cut-traffic-would-it-bring-development-toward-the-everglades A controversial proposal to extend State Road 836 -- aka the Dolphin Expressway -- is making its way to Miami-Dade County commissioners. The extension… Tue, 13 Jun 2017 01:18:00 GMT /news/2017-06-12/dolphin-expressway-extension-could-cut-traffic-would-it-bring-development-toward-the-everglades /news/2017-05-09/commissioners-postpone-vote-on-controversial-dolphin-expressway-extension A controversial proposal to extend State Road 836 — aka the Dolphin Expressway — has been delayed on its route to the Miami-Dade County Commission.The… Tue, 09 May 2017 21:19:49 GMT /news/2017-05-09/commissioners-postpone-vote-on-controversial-dolphin-expressway-extension