M-CORES highway toll project for state quietly shelved
By NATHAN MAYBERG / nmayberg@breezenewspapers.com - | Jul 9, 2021
Proposed new highways stretching hundreds of miles, including some of which would potentially extend through the heart of the endangered panther’s habitat between Polk County and Collier County, has hit a dead end.
The controversial M-CORES (Multi-use corridors of regional economic significance) project, which was reversed in votes by the state legislature in the current legislative session, was recently signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The signing of Senate Bill 100 effectively reverses most of the bill championed by former Bradenton Republican State Sen. Bill Galvano, which would have created three new toll road systems which had an estimated cost of $10 billion.