A Tangential History of the Tamiami Trail By Ross Hancock Kartik’s recent series on the history of the Florida Turnpike got me thinking about a road project from an earlier time that also had a great impact on the state. On so many beautiful days like today, I have crossed the peninsula …
When the Turnpike was originally proposed the road was supposed to travel thirty five miles east of Orlando. Thomas B. Manual, a Broward County Commissioner and chair of the Turnpike Commission sought to link southeast Florida with the First Coast. Ferris Bryant, an influential legislator from Ocla, pushed Governor LeRoy Collins. Bryant, using his considerable …
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Since south Florida is made largely of transplants many locals don’t know nor care about the complicated history of road building in the region this is a good time to discuss the remarkable road that is the Florida Turnpike. While the federal government dolled out money for roads in their native New York and Chicago, …
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While many states have shrunk over the last 40 years, Florida has grown. And of those states that have had an increase in population, very few of them have been able to manage things correctly. Take for example California. It seems like whenever we watch the news, California is going through some economic, energy or …
Florida’s urban areas badly need to address the problems created by growth and create transit solutions. One such organization, Connect Tampa Bay has launched today. We applaud the efforts of this and other similar organizations as we work towards building a prosperous modern 21st century Florida. We encourage all of our readers to visit Connect …
J.D. Alexander, the now termed Frostproof legislator, has gotten what he wants time and again from Florida’s taxpayers. Most of this year’s Alexander headlines have related to his quest to create a new 12th state University in Lakeland, but his slipping of the Heartland Parkway into this year’s budget may have greater ramifications. The …
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