Governor Rick Scott today announced that the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will receive $9.9 billion in the "Keep Florida Working” budget to make strategic transportation investments statewide. The Governor’s proposed budget follows this year’s record funding of $10.1 billion to improve Florida’s infrastructure, including the largest FDOT work program in state history.
East Central Florida
East Central Florida
- $28.8M for a new interchange at I-95 and St. Johns Heritage Parkway, also known as the Palm Bay Parkway, located North of Micco Road. The interchange will increase access and safety as current interchanges at Malabar Road and in Indian River County are more than 12 miles apart. The new interchange will also promote connectivity to the new parkway project in western Brevard County.
- $6.5M of right of way purchase and environmental work for eventual new road construction on SR 429/46 from west of Old McDonald Rd to east of Wekiva River Road in Lake County. This is nearly a five mile, tolled section of Wekiva Parkway that takes the project through Lake County over the Wekiva River and just into Seminole County. Much of it will be above grade and elevated to make room for wildlife crossings and to protect the environment.
- $13.6M of right of way purchase for new road construction on SR 429/49 from east of Wekiva River Road to east of Rinehart Road in Seminole County. This partially tolled section features an elevated parkway and includes numerous bridges over side streets, parallel frontage roads for local traffic, and a multi-use trail that crosses the Wekiva River into Seminole County and continues to Longwood Markham Road. This section also connects the Wekiva Parkway to Interstate 4 and provides interconnectivity between two major limited access facilities. In addition, this will link Wekiva Parkway to the Florida Turnpike's SR 417 in Seminole County, which will provide access to Sanford, as well as to Orlando via the east side.
- $43.1M to add lanes and reconstruct US 301 from SR 674/Sun City Center Boulevard to CR 672/Balm Road to increase capacity and enhance interregional connectivity along US 301, a major north-south corridor within the Tampa Bay Region.
- $80.3M for an aviation capacity project at Tampa International Airport Gateway Center which will create an automated people mover which is intended to move visitors from a consolidated rental car facility to the main terminal at TIA and thereby reducing the congestion along George Bean Parkway. This will also provide a link from the proposed Westshore Multimodal Center to the airport and greatly enhance the movement of visitors and residents throughout the region.
- $45.8M to add lanes and reconstruct SR 54 from CR 577/Curley Road to
- CR 579/Morris Bridge Road to increase capacity in order to accommodate the expected future demand. This will also improve access to the expanding US 301 corridor allowing both regional and local travelers greater access and reduce congestion in the City of Zephyrhills
- $148.9M for new road construction from US 98 to SR 44 (Suncoast Parkway 2) in Hernando and Citrus counties. This 13-mile extension along with the Veterans Expressway and the existing Suncoast Parkway will make up a 70-mile limited access transportation corridor stretching from downtown Tampa into Citrus County. The extension will be an all-electronic, cashless toll facility.