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Florida Senate Committee Approves Major Changes To Proposed Toll Road Through North Central Florida
By News Service of Florida
March 3, 2021
TALLAHASSEE Legislation to drop the southernmost of three planned toll-road projects, while revising plans for the other two, was backed by a divided Senate committee on Wednesday.
The controversial projects, approved by lawmakers in 2019, would build a new toll road between Collier and Polk counties, extend Florida’s Turnpike to connect with the Suncoast Parkway and extend the Suncoast Parkway from Citrus County to Jefferson County.