The JAX Chamber board of directors endorsed Mayor Lenny Curry and the Jacksonville Transportation Authority’s proposal to increase and extend Duval County’s local option gas tax to pay for nearly $1 billion in infrastructure projects.
In a news release April 22, the Northeast Florida business membership group announced its board voted unanimously to support the gas tax legislation filed this week by City Council President Tommy Hazouri at Curry’s request.
The release also reaffirmed the chamber’s support for JTA’s plan to expand and modernize the Downtown Skyway that the authority calls the Ultimate Urban Circulator.
JTA officials propose spending nearly $372 million in gas tax money to fund the $415.96 million U2C project.