While it’s common to take the U.S. Interstate Highway System for granted, it had a long gestation period before coming to fruition beginning in the mid-20th century.
Moving Florida Forward calls for general revenue transfers of $4 billion to the State Transportation Trust Fund, and the use of “innovative financing tools, contracting and proposed policies” to deliver the $7-billion program.
A construction worker was killed in the early morning hours of May 3 when a vehicle crashed into a work zone on Interstate 40 in Wake County, North Carolina.
The grant will be used as part of a $230-million project that will construct one tolled express lane in each direction of north I-25 for 14 miles, from State Highway 14 to S.H. 402.