Say NO to the Toll Roads

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What is going on?

In 2019, the Florida Legislature approved plans for M-CORES (Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance), a system of three massive toll roads that together would stretch from Southwestern Florida to Georgia. Neither Florida’s taxpayers nor the Florida Department of Transportation requested this project, and many other critical transportation projects await funding.

Why is it important?

If the proposed toll roads are constructed, they will pave over more than 50,000 acres of undeveloped land. The ensuing urban sprawl will spread over hundreds of thousands of acres more, thus causing further stress to our limited water supply, destroying habitat for endangered species like the Florida panther, and erasing some of the last rural communities in the peninsula. Our water, wildlife, and way of life are at risk.

How does it affect Floridians?

This project has already been allocated $135 million by the Legislature, though the independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit Florida TaxWatch organization estimates that the project would ultimately cost over $26 billion dollars in the next 10 years. Not only would this money be coming out of our tax dollars, but many Floridians would effectively be paying twice since the new toll road infrastructure would be subsidized by existing toll roads like the Florida Turnpike.

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Dear Senator Simpson, Representative Sprowls, and Senator Stargel,

Please note my strong opposition to the proposed Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
(MCORES).

Florida TaxWatch has estimated that this massive project, which was not requested by our Department
of Transportation, will likely cost taxpayers approximately $26.4 billion over the next 10 years. Not only have businesses, organizations, and individuals from across the state expressed their concern with the financial and environmental implications of these toll roads, but these funds are required for much-needed existing infrastructure maintenance and repairs.

As importantly, the urban sprawl that would follow construction of these toll roads would bring an end to the last of Florida’s rural communities, consequently erasing our cultural heritage, stressing our aquifers, and severing the connectivity of critical conservation lands that support populations of
endangered species like the Florida panther.

As proven allies of Florida’s precious water resources and natural habitats, and as conservative
managers of our finances, I ask that you please oppose the M-CORES toll roads.

Thank you for your consideration.

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Governor Ron DeSantis
400 S Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399

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