Why Florida is Spending $7 BILLION on Infrastructure | 20 NEW PROJECTS Coming

[@m0z188]

I cant believe they are finally fixing the Golden Glades interchange. This is a dream come true.

[@xoxxobob61]

They "fixed it" 30 years ago and now they are fixing it again?

[@m0z188]

@xoxxobob61 Yes, I am ironically 30 years old.

[@saxonsteve]

We have been going to Florida since 1999. We have a home 🏡 in Northern Florida. They haven’t stopped working on the roads since we vacationed there! Florida is a very busy state! And people have been moving there by the boatloads!

[@fyre.]

i love cars but we need other ways to get around...

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Brightline going to Tampa should help. The rest of the state is too car-dependent for public transit projects to succeed.

[@jasonreed7522]

I'm impressed with how many of these projects include "urbanist" aspects like complete streets with wide sidewalks with a large buffer between them and the main roadway.

[@Distress.]

​@@Fred.l.beck. eh it's fine as long as it includes the green space buffer as seen in the drawings. Ideally with big shady trees.

[@Distress.]

We're learn, slow but we learn. Now if only we could get a statewide HSR system. Florida seems unique in that it could probably support an extensive web of tracks between the coasts and interior.

[@Zeakthecat]

while they are urbanist in nature, i think its better. if the projections are to be believed, the 600/day, florida would eventually become the california of the south, and it sounds like desantis knows this. hes doing a lot of prep work for florida, not just in infrastructure, and he knows its gonna be fun when hes gray and old watching the insane asylum loons move in only to find they still gotta obey the law and respect people. and with the budget surplus florida has reported to have vs california, you can imagine that ill be considering florida after the great flood, assuming the state survives. either way, i do like what they are considering for the state already, on top of this, i do like they are choosing DDIs for many areas. i should know this, ive driven in one a few times, its fun, more fun than the SPUI. i think what makes the DDI fun is your on the opposite side of the roadway for awhile, which is fun.

[@AssBlasster]

Florida is so weird like that. You will see like 20 miles of sidewalk or a painted (and sometimes segregated) bike lane along the most random rural highways. I mean it's better than nothing I guess.

[@St3althWarrior03]

Local resident of Project 17 at Fruitville Road and I-75. I am glad that it’s getting fast-tracked but I really think that the Bee Ridge Road interchange just south of the Fruitville Road interchange needs it much more in my opinion. Traffic is always backed up on the roads surrounding the Bee Ridge interchange every day. Eastbound Fruitville to the Northbound I-75 loop ramp does back up regularly but Fruitville Road is better equipped at it is to handle the traffic much more than Bee Ridge. Fruitville’s partial cloverleaf is also more efficient and can handle higher traffic volumes than Bee Ridge’s modified diamond single loop, especially since Bee Ridge’s interchange is crowded by businesses and Cattlemen Road.

[@hounddog946]

Does Fruitville run through the Gay Community like MLK runs through the black community?

[@St3althWarrior03]

@@hounddog946 I would say no, mainly because Sarasota doesn’t really have a distinctive gay neighborhood as far as I know. Fruitville Road serves as the main arterial road connecting the bulk of the City of Sarasota, Downtown Sarasota and by extension St. Armands, Lido Key, and Longboat Key to I-75 in the Fruitville neighborhood as well as properties and development east of I-75. Fruitville Road does run through the middle of Fruitville with 6 lanes, a median, and a large right-of-way, essentially splitting it in two. It also cuts through the city somewhat but Fruitville Road is only 4 lanes between US 41 and US 301 so it isn't as dividing in that part of town.

[@woodencoasterfan]

Project 15 does already have traffic signals at the intersections. They were installed less than a year ago and are a godsend. I’m a truck driver and I would sometimes wait 2-3 or more minutes waiting for enough space for me to pull onto SR 33. I’m glad I-4 is FINALLY getting some upgrades in those badly needed areas. A trip from Orlando to Tampa can take anywhere from an hour to two and a half to three hours. Also, the stretches in Ocala and I-95 intersections with the Sawgrass Expwy and FLTPK/Palmetto Expwy were also badly needed as well.

[@devanwheeler3426]

As someone who had their local community’s roads widened by double the lane miles, it did nothing, there’s still miles of traffic. I feel like this will be a 7 billion dollar waste of money

[@noflexzone2.055]

We need more trains (speaking as a florida native). A train line connecting jax and miami would do wonders

[@mirzaahmed6589]

​@@noflexzone2.055 Amtrak already connects the two. Nobody rides it.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

There'd be even more traffic if nothing was done.

[@devanwheeler3426]

@@mirzaahmed6589 bright line is one of the fastest growing train lines in north America, its one of the most profitable passenger lines, and they operate in Florida. The economic engine of the world, New York City, runs on rail. Any civic planner can look at the results of the past 100 years, or the past 20 in Florida, and tell you that building wider roads results in Atlanta traffic, or San Antonio traffic. Building rail leads to Tokyo, Singapore, and Amsterdam

[@flighted2513]

@@mirzaahmed6589 because its overpriced as shit

[@Ndw1995]

I’m so sad I never really got to experience Florida before the population boom. I watched a shuttle launch from Kennedy space center as a young boy but I don’t remember much else

[@shortattentionspangarage1312]

You're not missing anything, trust me. Tampa local, leaving soon.

[@coreyrobinson8209]

​@@shortattentionspangarage1312 I just left St. Pete last year. I was making $800/wk as a franchise GM and my rent jumped to $2K for a single bed.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Why not move back?

[@terpfen]

@@shortattentionspangarage1312 lol bye

[@robertrobinson3597]

I have been there then & it was a disaster. One Uncle FUD elderly drier could bring the whole road to a crawl & it seems that they were ALL elderly. Robby, age 86.

[@skysthelimitvideos]

If Florida really wanted to reduce traffic it would build some train systems. Induced demand will not be kind to all of these lane expansions in the long term

[@duncanmcauley7932]

True to an extent, but given the low density spread out development and aggressive highway building combined with a strong network of arterial roads, the effects of induced demand will be much more diluted than in other parts of the country like NYC. Of course it does depend on where in the state we’re talking as results will vary, but in the grand scheme of things, there is a limit to the demand that can be induced. And Florida seems hell-bent on keeping pace with their construction. I admire the effort and will be watching over the years to see how it all pans out.

[@Zeakthecat]

this is the thing about the classic argument about "induced demand", in reality the demand on roads is not that much different from food demand or gasoline demand. its just that, pure demand. theres no "induced" part about it. train systems won't do shit in floridas rural areas and would only be a expensive budget item for most towns. trains cost between 7 to 10 times more than roads. yea you can argue bout light rail, metro rail and other "rail" systems but they are all the same, with very expensive maintence costs in the long term. no rural county wants that unless its the private sector coming to build and maintain the railline. and before you say "the state should fund it" let me ask you something, which one do you think the average floridian would take? the car? or the train? and be honest with me here, don't inject your love of trains and wishes of high speed rail into your opinions, i can guarantee you its more than likely to be 100% wrong. also high speed rail, the over 200+ mph trains you want so much? thats regulated out of the united states and has been for decades, its effectively banned in the us because at the federal level theres a speed limit on how fast trains can really go, just like on roads. even with the growth of the state of florida by 2040, and the 600/day growth rate, not many people are going to florida for the rural areas, they are going to florida for the big cities. miami-dade metro, tampa metro, orlando metro, and jacksonville metros all will collectively gain the majority of population growth. you haven't thought this one out bro, maybe its time to move to eruope or japan?

[@skysthelimitvideos]

@@Zeakthecat I have no interest in leaving the country. I love my country and want to make it better. One of the ways we need to do that is the expansion of mass transit into car based cities and suburbs. Florida has plenty of metro areas big enough to fund commuter rail and that would benefit from rail infrastructure expansion. And yes many would still use cars but many others would use the train reducing traffic for those still driving more effectively than lane expansions would do.

[@Zeakthecat]

@@skysthelimitvideos the train would cost up to 1000x more than a single lane expansion. look at californias high speed rail project for gods sake, years later and over 100 B dollars and its still not complete. and the very proponent for the high speed rail project literally went and turned a full 180 and decided to sue the project committee because it turned into something that the local communities did not want. and don't get me started on the northeast corridor, the average speed on that route is barely over 80 mph, and the infrastructure is already old as dirt and needs replacing. and any high speed rail in this country is impossible or would require expensive maglevs that have the potential to reach 1000mph. we are trillions of dollars in debt. 30 T last i checked, even if we wanted it, who would fund it? no foreign big corporation would come in and do a PPP with the state of florida for something as expensive as a high speed rail, especially since americans for whatever reason tend to hate billion dollar companies for existing, not even for legitimate reasons. even if you wanted high speed rail, your neighbor down the road would rather be driving down the road in his mustang than simply ride a train. if you really want a train so badly, maybe move to new york or boston? thats where the northeast corridor exists currently.

[@GI4JESUS]

Facts, one thing I see in common with these express lane additions is that they often have no dedicated exchanges so you have to merge back into traffic at major intersection to change from one highway to another. Eg Miami-express lanes south, if I'm going to 836 West, I have to rejoin and fight (left to right)all the 95 southbound traffic to get on the 836 westbound ramp. And that rapid bus lane on 836 doesn't look like it's sustainable. They should've just build a east-west metro line from Doral to downtown possibly onto to Sobe with connections to MIA etc.

[@CS_1989]

Florida should invest heavy into bike,electric scooter type lanes. Their weather is nice enough to where they would be used way more often the northern cold/snow regions. Elevated trains as well but problem is FLA is a tourist/elderly heavy economy and majority of them don’t want to use public trans

[@winstonsmith6204]

YES!!!! THIS!!!!

[@fyre.]

na many tourists/people will use great convenient public transit if u to went paris youll use the transit.

[@sm3675]

Ontario, Canada, made a contract with Deutche Bahn. They're much more skilled.

[@jakem6720]

"nice enough", true for the six months of the year that Florida is not 90 degrees with 90% humidity. Those bikers will sweat!

[@RohanBlum]

I disagree, when my family are tourists in a foreign country or state with transit, we always use it. We used it in Seattle, Germany, and Austria because of the convenience and monetary incentive as apposed to the hassle and steep price of renting a car.

[@jtn2002]

OH PLEASE CONTINUE ULTIMATE TO LAKELAND, FL! The "No Man's Land" West of US-27 is HELL to drive now with the frequency of delays!

[@ace20016]

Interesting that the stretch of I-4 from US 27 to Osceola Parkway will be the first two phases to get widen in the Beyond the Ultimate Project. Granted traffic is BAD on I-4 from US 27 to the Disney World area. But I always though the stretch from southern end of the I-4 Ultimate Project around Universal to just south of Central Florida Parkway would be the first phase of the Beyond the Ultimate Project getting done. -Brevard County Resident

[@jeffreykregel3821]

The segment you are describing is indeed also slated to start soon. But is not part of this "Moving Florida Forward" initiative. Because it was already fully funded earlier in the past. So you'll see I-4 to be reconstructed in both areas around the same time. Leaving the segment from Osceola Parkway to Central Florida Parkway untouched.

[@ace20016]

@@jeffreykregel3821 Oh ok 👍

[@rayfridley6649]

One issue on I-75 north in Wildwood is that there is no direct ramp to the Florida Turnpike south. AS it is now, traffic wanting to use the Turnpike south would need to exit at SR 44, turn left to pass under the overpass, and then turn left again onto I-75 south. After that, traffic would have to cross about four lanes to the Turnpike's left lane access. This is quite dangerous. What needs to be built is a ramp from I-75 north right lane directly to the Turnpike!

[@arpsichord7474]

Not enough demand

[@Squirt4757]

SR44 southbound i75 entrance ramp has a dedicated overpass that merged onto the Turnpike if you keep right

[@stuartaaron613]

I live in Boynton Beach. They just finished the divergent diamond interchange at Glades Road and I-95. They're also getting closer to finishing the extra-fee express lanes from Glades Road to the Congress Avenue exit. There is also the widening of the Turnpike from Boynton Beach Blvd to Southern Blvd from four to six lanes that is slowly making progress, along with the elimination of the toll booths.

[@chrism3784]

Florida is out of control with growth, glad I got the heck out

[@ChatGPT1111]

They just finished widening I-95 in most rural areas and it already needs to be widened again! There needs to be an expressway from Palm Bay to Sarasota and the Turnpike needs expansion by at least 2 lanes on each side.

[@Earth_Number_12]

They need a second interstate in Orlando

[@tomfields3682]

How about a toll-free one?

[@patricktyler4303]

On Sr 33 and I-4, they added traffic lights at this location as of mid-2022.

[@imcrazywill]

There should be more widening projects around the Tampa Bay Area. I-275 should be widened from I-4 to I-75 in Pasco County. 8 to 10 lanes would be a good choice. However there are residential areas all around that section of I-275. Also on I-275 between I-4 and The Howard Frankland Bridge, that wide grassy median has so much potential for widening and possibly Express lanes. Same with I-4 East of the I-275 interchange. Wide grassy median with heavy traffic from the Selmon Expy Connector. And If the I-4 corridor with the Tampa Lakeland and Orlando Areas roadway widening would be nice there.

[@OffensiveMiddleFinger]

I-275 from the bridge to I-4 is getting a massive overhaul and express lanes are being added. As for I-4 through Orlando, I-4 ultimate and beyond the ultimate are reconstructing I-4 by adding express lanes and extra lanes in needed areas

[@Zeakthecat]

makes me wish TDOT here in tennessee would do the same here. just take from the surplus and put it torward the roads in the state. the pay as you go model here makes the roads here feel like a punishment. then again, i think they are like georgia, they just don't wanna invest in it, just keep being a "normal" southern state.

[@jstoli996c4s]

Yeah, why not make it 20 lanes wide! 🙄 🤡

[@Zeakthecat]

@@jstoli996c4s this is why congestion exists, clown based comments like this that think a widening project will be bad. no, it won't. its called smart planning dipshit. you don't simply widen a road to handle more capacity, you actually improve the intersections/interchanges in a road or freeway, you separate local traffic from through traffic, and you widen the bloody road. of course i shouldn't be surprised at this point, dumb urbanists who think a 150 year old technology thats old as fucking dirt will somehow solve congestion in cities, get a clue dirtbag.

[@markmoore8399]

My only annoyance with this list is having to reclinch US 301 again in the future as I plan to finish my full clinch of it in March. 😂😭

[@MileageMike485]

True 😂

[@figmentofurimagination457]

I wish they’d turn US-27 into a freeway like they did with US-19 in Clearwater

[@xanadustudios2586]

In general? Or anywhere in specific? Wherever it is, you're right.

[@GumbynPill]

I have only recently discovered your channel and I appreciate it. I am a Floridian and love to see our overburdened roads get help wherever they can. It is interesting to see Immokalee get so much attention because it is sorta out there on it's own (I wonder what they growth driver is). I-4 needs all the love it can get so that is good to see. I think the Turnpike must be a separate project (Turnpike Enterprise) but it is run by people apparently living in the early 90's. It should have been widened to no less than 4 lanes in Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach by the 90s and 3 in Martin County and potentially the whole way because... All of these roads would need to be much wider than non-Floridan's might realize due to the occasional but sudden need to evacuate (see Hurricane Irma, 2017). The Turnpike's Thomas B. Manuel Bridge (St Lucie River) shows someone was aware of the need...

[@russellseilhamer4552]

No doubt the turnpike should have been 4 lanes each direction in Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties to relieve the congestion on I-95. I remember when I left in 2007, there were flyovers being built on 441 in central Palm Beach County. I live in Altoona PA for the last 15 years. The road improvements in Immokalee are interesting to me. Route 29 I remembered as being a rural north/South highway. I think development is moving towards the center of the state away from the coasts. Immokalee might be the epicenter of the next boom. I also think the sugarcane growers in Palm Beach County are going to sell out and they’ll be nothing but suburban development between the Acreage/Royal Palm Beach area and the Glades. The only thing stopping westward expansion in southern Palm Beach County is the Arthur Marshall Wildlife preserve. I see maybe the farmers selling out along route 27 and someday they’ll be a east west connector road in southern PB county between Route 27 and I-95

[@ThierryC2373]

I remember the Irma evacuation, that was a nightmare, 8 hours from Coral Springs to Orlando with gas rationing... never again!! All for nothing as hurricane forecast was way way way way off, they just scared people for nothing.

[@GumbynPill]

@@russellseilhamer4552 I am terrified to think about it, but you could be right about construction booming in the sound central part of the peninsula. Indian River County is preparing for it right now and the problem is the same... There just isn't enough fresh water. There certainly isn't enough transportation (rail and road) to evacuate or pick up the slack to bring emergency services in if one artery goes down (like a bridge out washed away sections).

[@bawskees7257]

Local resident of the 95/US1 project, I used to have to take the southbound exit daily, and the congestion on said exit ramp would back up so bad that you would have to exit on the shoulder, the exit ramps are way too short, and now I use the southbound entrance ramp daily, and the length of the ramp is absolutely appalling, not granting enough time to accelerate to highway speeds before merging with 95, Especially with traffic in front of you. That interchange is incredibly dangerous, and I can think of about 10+ fatal accidents that have occurred at or around that interchange within the last 5 years.

[@twodogs3868]

They should have funded the LPGA interchange before that one, if it's not already funded.

[@MiguelAlvarez-dh7kf]

Awesome info, great job

[@wpbarchitect1800]

Florida's infrastructure turnaround is remarkable. 20 years ago it was so abysmally inadequate and underfunded it was frankly embarrassing. I used to visit my grandparents as a kid and as an early infrastructure geek I was appalled lol. Today it's already come a long LONG way in what's already built but more important is the attitude. They seemed to have finally accepted the reality that they are a highly populated, urbanized state (with growth that shows no sign of abating) that simply can't afford to do it on the cheap any longer. 180 degree shift, and for the better. Sidebar re: growth-it will continue to boom, but one interesting factoid is how many newcomers don't last long. I think the average is literally something like 2.5 years for new residents before they pack it in and move away. Being a part-time South Florida resident, have a lot of ideas on why this might be so...but who cares about those. There will always be far more in than out, or at least for the foreseeable future. These plans are good news for them. And, living in both South Florida and Atlanta (as well as LA) I can safely say, as inadequate as it is, Atlanta's freeway system is still vastly superior to any of Florida's urban areas and much more similar to the logical hub-and-spoke style of metro freeway system most Americans are accustomed to. Most are at minimum 4 lanes in each direction, many five and six (and up to 8 in areas of the Downtown Connector, 285 near ATL airport, 75 north of 295 etc) As to the 'doing nothing' I agree they could do more, but that's ignoring the $800 million (will be close to $1 billion when said and done) massive and transformative GA 400/285 interchange reconstruction on the north perimeter. It's a big and complex enough project to warrant it's own MM video lol. 285/75 interchange was recently reconstructed, and 75 added a new elevated dedicated 2-lane toll express corridor from 285 north for about 15 miles (I'm sure at extreme cost.) So working within a built-out system in fairness GDOT is doing a whole lot more than 'nothing'. And it baffles me why people endlessly knock the MARTA rail system. No, it's not the NYC or Chicago system, but it's the only non-northern extensive intra-urban '70's legacy heavy rail metro train system in the country, connects all the main CBD's, airport, and many key districts, is very heavily used and is vital to the city and metro area. I jump on it to ATL a few times a year and it's fantastic 20 mins and I'm in the terminal. It's weird how certain ideas get so ingrained even people you know know better just stick with stale cliches (because they're easy.) Now the surface roads in this city? Both design and condition? Hopeless. HOPE. LESS. OK way overly long comment over😝.

[@SonnyBubba]

Hub and spoke works when there’s only one hub, such as downtown Atlanta. In Florida, there are towns all over the place. It seems to me that part of what Atlanta needs is an partial outer perimeter. Marietta, to Roswell, to Alpharetta, to Duluth,

[@jameskishtok]

Fort myers is #1 for growth!

[@TheLastJayL]

Here I am a year later and movement has started with Pensacola and Panama City. It’s pushing traffic badly. Then you have these smaller project around Pensacola that is really doing a number on traffic.

[@clairekennedy8767]

Diverging diamond wont keep traffic moving. You need less red lights round a about good for small intersection. For large you need bipass bridges and more freeway entrance and exits

[@evaz6495]

I love the ending footage of downtown WPB, what a great shot! I think here in West Palm, US-98 (Southern Blvd) needs to be upgraded into a non-stop moving highway as it is a main artery that connects to US-441. Also to convert US-441 or build an expressway that goes up and down the western side of the county (Florida's Turnpike needs also alleviation). Kind of how I-595 connects to I-75 (later to Sawgrass Expressway) and Turnpike in western Broward county. The influx of folks needing to get from east to west of Palm Beach County is overwelming. Southern Blvd is the ONLY major state road that has few lights/stops and cuts Palm Beach in half to direct access to Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, and Loxahatchee.

[@Mapmaker1559]

Very impressive from FDOT! You gotta love the great state of Florida. (Now if only other states like Georgia or Virginia could learn from Florida's example.)

[@trowwzers5057]

Georgia isn’t really that bad except in Atlanta Tennessee and Virginia are 2 of the worst.

[@jakkew5753]

​@@trowwzers5057 yeah, Tennessee, that's an understatement. There is finally a long overdue plan this year, but unfortunately there's a lot of misinformation going around that threatens to doom it.

[@packr72]

Virginia is much smarter, instead of spending 10 billion to expand I-95 they’re spending a quarter of that money to massively expand Amtrak and commuter rail in the state.

[@Mapmaker1559]

@@packr72 That's not a smarter decision. I-95 in Northern Virginia is one of the most congested corridors in the nation and expanding rail will do an even poorer job fixing traffic on I-95 than widening will.

[@trowwzers5057]

@@Mapmaker1559 there’s only so much you can do to widen I-95. I think the rail expansion is a great idea. There’s a few interchanges that need to change in NOVA (especially Gordon Blvd) because it drastically slows vehicles down to a halt VA really needs to widen I-81 and turn US-29, US-58, US-220, US-13 and a small portion of US-17 into freeways

[@eliaswilson7911]

You should do a video on cities with a lot of toll roads, and why they are that way. Orlando is definitely a candidate

[@GI4JESUS]

I think the Miami area would do well with a elevated north south highway built over existing SR-9 following the alignment of Lejeune southbound starting at the GGI to MIA /836 or further south to US1 to serve as a reliever for all the traffic dumped from 95 and Florida TPK going south to downtown and airport. They could also include a specified truck lane for all the truck usage this area sees. It would also be a supplement for the 826 which has no capacity for widening and is infamous for being always congested.

[@tomfields3682]

Oh, that would be attractive! FL has the ugliest built environment of all the states.😮

[@donavanjohnson409]

Great video

[@eliaswilson7911]

I love Florida and I love cars, but I really wish the government would do more to develop public transportation and encourage other transportation options instead of just lane widening (see Katy Fwy in TX). I know that the layout of most Florida cities and the weather make traditional subways mostly impractical, but I think computer rail systems, and long distance projects like the Bright line in South Florida could really relieve a lot of traffic. It just has to happen at the same time because the biggest critique of long distance trains is “what do I do when I get there”. The old system of it’s a 30 min drive away worked when houses were cheap and nobody was moving to Florida, but if we don’t want to turn into southern California where your sitting in traffic all day and your crappy house in a bad neighborhood is over a million dollars then we need other solutions.

[@NintendoGamer2600]

I kinda feel like some State Roads shouls be upgraded to Interstate standards and be designated as auxiliary routes. Like say SR-570 become I-204, SR-417 be I-404, SR-429 as I-604, and SR-528 as I-104.

[@history_leisure]

I-4 probably deserves the improvements as these improvements will likely be finished around when Brightline Tampa Service starts so that corridor should hopefully have fewer cars (especially downtown to downtown people). It would be nice if Tampa connected their rail station to the airport and St. Petersburg-servicing the military base en route. Even without that, a Tampa Regional Rail network would probably be the weirdest looking one in the world

[@SonnyBubba]

I live in Louisiana, and could only hope that we spend one tenth of this on improvements.

[@dns-te6qc]

The only exciting thing in IL is 490

[@mikewalz5738]

Florida is always to me ahead of the curve, look at the Suncoast Parkway. They didn’t wait for the housing to be there. They know the houses are coming. I drove the Parkway from north to the Tampa area. No one really on it, for close to 20 miles i didn’t see anyone. The good thing i heard , even though it’s a toll rd, it will be a bypass to I-75 , in the area. The Suncoast Parkway, eventually will go to I-10, we’ll see.

[@cristianMoon24]

Big Bend exit on I-75 is expanding its lanes too there a lot construction going on there

[@jerseattle0722]

So interesting. I am curious to see what this does to Florida politics.

[@shivaultrachannel]

Are they still expanding the turnpike from wildwood???

[@tommyhunter1817]

I wish Ron would quit the president thing and stick with pushing Florida forward.

[@gregsimpkins609]

Is it possible to extend I-95 from Downtown Miami to the Florida Keys? I think it would greatly reduce the time and traffic that has to follow Route 1 through all those traffic lights. Can I-95 some how be connected with the Homestead Florida Turnpike extension and be extended into the Florida Keys? I believe it would also serve as a faster evacuation route.

[@arpsichord7474]

The issue is, I-95 would be too big, and that would be a lot of new bridges to be built.

[@w-josh]

I doubt it considering the density of businesses, residential areas, and the terrain.

[@tourswithamorbreeze7580]

I was hoping for better public transportation and not car centric infrastructure

[@BigBoyJay_69]

$7 billion for nothing but cars? Insane. Nothing for buses, bikes, trains, or other public transportation? Florida is "one more lane bro" personified. Widening roads does not help with traffic. Get roads of the road with viable forms of transportation does. Waste of money.

[@NICOGIA300]

I live in Illinois. We can even get existing roads / bridges repaired. It’s disgusting. We how the highest property taxes in the US yet some of the worst infrastructure. Explain that.

[@naptime0143]

Illinois is like 340 billion in pension debt and only has like 100 million in assets for that debt.

[@ShaunCampbell-j7u]

I like FDOT's intentions for I-4 in Osceola and Polk counties, I wish FDOT would prioritize I-4 in Orange County from Osceola Parkway to Kirkman Road, also FDOT or someone needs to build or expand Commuter/Regional Rail in Miami, Orlando, Tampa, and Jacksonville areas!

[@xoxxobob61]

Miami & Orlando already have Commuter Rail while the other two Dodos don't have any Rail to speak of.

[@jss27560]

We have 5 to ten years until everything should be completed. I wonder if everything will be completed as designed and on time.

[@hounddog946]

The problem with FL roads is they schedule improvements but the improvements are obsolete within a few years of completion because of growth

[@williamerazo3921]

Unsustainable without increases of property tax, or introducing the income tax, wrong move from Florida

[@faldovifendi6878]

The state already has historic budget surplus without the bs tax increases.

[@thetechloop65]

Surprised there's not more projects other than the one in 275 in Saint Pete. Traffic in Tampa and Pinellas is getting borked really fast compared to a few years ago. I don't blame Florida for how they diverted the funds though...because honestly I-4 needs it the most. I think anyone who's ever traveled it or has to take it would agree. They really need to make US-19 a freeway all the way up to Pasco County at this point, or at least improve the ways you can make right turns off that road. Seen so many people get rear ended on that road it ain't even funny.

[@E11or]

Florida needs regional and local transit. Not more roads and car traffic

[@user-ci9ri4fl5pBuckeyeChessie]

Maybe they should build a bypass around Orlando and number it an even I-X04. A lot of these small project seems to not have a very good impact on the traffic congestions.

[@vamoscruceros]

I-404: bypass not found

[@edmieowokiuloheolokee9967]

there's already 2 bypasses around the immediate metro orlando areas, SR-417, the eastern beltway, and SR-429, the western beltway

[@user-ci9ri4fl5pBuckeyeChessie]

@@edmieowokiuloheolokee9967 I am referring to a free Interstate bypass, those toll roads are there for cashing in on tourist.

[@drosas85]

I need my roads to be 26 lanes wide. I think that will do it. Also, we need more toll roads....

[@thegreypath1777]

They better start building levies.

[@dembuckeyes]

New sub.. hey look at how garbage and unnecessary the hop streetcar is in Milwaukee.. great work

[@LordSjef]

Thats alot of freedom

[@lexannaamnell6593]

4:30 pronounced eh-mock-a-lee

[@jonathanstensberg]

One does not simply fix congestion…

[@bns434]

7 billlion isn’t much when you think about it

[@BolitaDeKetica]

$150M on Golden Glades?!?! Wait til County Cubans get a whiff of this… “OYEEE, NO CHICO! THIS IS $70B DOLLAS, COMO LA VÉ?! AH HIALEAH!!” Palmetto & Dolphin are still not completed, I bet. Unless Tallahassee is the one running the show, this will not be completed til 4027, and over-budget.

[@theslayzinn]

I despise the fort myers exits. TRULY

[@elaineraad3609]

I agree. Fort Myers sucks

[@jimgorycki4013]

That whole stretch of I-75 from the Alligator Alley toll to north of SR 80 needs to be expanded again. When was it last expanded?

[@sixpencerbx]

I also wonder how many cyclists are going to die on the new version of S.R 263.

[@oneoftheordinary]

brightline is terrible. bring back the florida overland express plans from the 90s

[@lilrog0909]

Waste of money 💰 just build more mass transit projects and enforce developers to build up and not sprawl out.

[@Spido68_the_spectator]

Did you delete your previuos videos ? I don't remem3your chanel having just 4 videos

[@MileageMike485]

They're on the other channel. This new channel is the one where I'll be releasing all these commentary style videos going forward.

[@Spido68_the_spectator]

@@MileageMike485 okay, got it 👍

[@Tri-Stone]

ok,,,

[@PeterSmith-pg7oi]

😭 Promo SM

[@ugiswrong]

Thank you Trump! Thank you DeSantis! Thank you Republican Voters!

[@daveassanowicz186]

😆 Induced Demand

[@JonathanCLacy]

So much money wasted on widening highways for cars. Hate this so much.

[@TadanoHitohito]

I think you're mischaracterizing what Florida is trying to accomplish here. Yes, they are widening highways, but this is necessary since Florida is growing rapidly. They aren't trying to neglect other forms of transit though. FDOT is adding bike/multi-use lanes alongside many of these roadways to allow multiple modes of transit, plus Florida is in talks with Brightline to start building HSR lines.

[@robertcullison8782]

Florida needs to move away from auto solutions and toward things like rail. The state is perfect for rail transportation. It's flat! All you are doing is making big problem just bigger by concentrating on roads and highways.

[@arosenweig]

Florida is much better than Illinois across most categories including weather, taxes, roadways, infrastructure, etc.

[@sixpencerbx]

Nothing to public transit 🤡