TALLAHASSEE — The three teams licensed to make recommendations on a controversial proposal to develop 330 new miles of toll streets in Florida concluded their reports on Thursday.
All three stories experienced two main recommendations: The routes should make on leading of current roadways, alternatively than setting up new ones, and the routes really should prevent environmental areas.
They did not give any consensus on no matter whether the roadways ought to be created at all, though.
With their operate finished, the experiences now go to the governor’s workplace and Legislature — neither of which has to take any motion on them.
The street projects, revived by former point out Senate President Invoice Galvano, R-Bradenton, in 2019, have been very controversial. The two environmentalists and several local elected officers who are living alongside the proposed routes have supplied the job a lukewarm reception.
![Proposed corridors for three new toll road expansions.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1000 848"/%3E "Proposed corridors for three new toll road expansions.")