AUBURNDALE, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis was joined by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to announce more fully-funded and ahead of schedule transportation projects to add capacity and ease congestion as Florida continues to see record growth and tourism. Thanks to Florida’s good financial stewardship, Florida can largely self-fund transportation solutions, while the Biden administration forces other states dependent on federal funding to embrace ideological and political agendas to access funds. Moreover, Florida is fighting back.
“Unlike the federal government, under my leadership Florida’s Department of Transportation is focused solely on transportation,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “That’s why our major transportation upgrades are fully funded and decades ahead of schedule. We listen to Floridians and meet their needs. Roads are not for politics.”
Since Governor DeSantis took office in 2019, Florida has invested over $67.8 billion to improve Florida’s transportation infrastructure, reduce congestion, and keep our supply chain moving. Over the last two years, Florida has advanced 20 critical congestion relief projects through the Moving Florida Forward Initiative.
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In the next year alone, Governor DeSantis is investing over $14.5 billion for 946 current and upcoming construction projects across the state, which includes:
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$5.2 billion to maintain and construct new highways, adding 140 new lane miles; a cumulative investment of $24.28 billion to construct 964.6 new miles of roadway since 2019.
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$1.8 billion to resurface roadways and fill potholes. Since 2019, we’ve invested over $12.33 billion to resurface over 12,300 miles of roadway.
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$382 million to repair 72 bridges and replace another 15, totaling 593 bridge repairs or replacements since 2019.
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$1.4 billion to support intermodal improvements, including over $334.2 million for our airports, $109.6 million for our seaports, and $960.6 million to support transit and freight rail. Since 2019, we’ve invested over $2 billion in our airports, $1.1 billion in our seaports, and another $3.7 billion in transit and freight rail.