Submit Your Public Comment: Speak Out Against Florida's Toll Roads To Ruin

Earlier this year, the legislature passed, and Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law, a bill to fast-track three major new toll roads that will destroy large swaths Florida’s remaining rural lands, pollute waterways, increase global warming pollution and threaten endangered wildlife, including the iconic manatee and Florida panther. If completed, 330 miles of new toll roads would be built across south, central and north Florida. Construction of the “Roads to Ruin” will destroy more than 52,800 acres of farmland and wildlife habitat while at the same time promoting sprawling, unsustainable development.

Take a moment to speak out against this disastrous plan. Submit a public comment to the M-CORES Toll Road Task Force right now. Sample language is below, but please consider personalizing the message.

I’m a Florida resident and I strongly oppose the three proposed toll-road highways.

The proposed routes were not included in the Florida Department of Transportation’s 5-year plans. In fact, in 2016 the Interstate 75 Relief Task Force recommended against building new roads. Moreover, Florida’s existing infrastructure is crumbling and is ranked 40th nationwide overall. Demand for road repairs and infrastructure improvements are highest in existing urban cores, yet these unnecessary “Roads to Ruin” would run through some of the state’s least populated counties.

These “Roads to Ruin” will also increase air and water pollution and destroy precious wetlands, springs and aquifer recharge areas. Iconic Florida wildlife like the endangered Florida panther and black bear rely on connected natural areas, including farms and ranches, to survive. The three toll roads will slice through some of the best remaining natural and agricultural areas, permanently severing connectivity within wildlife corridors.

With so many immediate and pressing social, economic and infrastructure priorities, our state should be investing in ways to ensure a healthier environment and brighter future for all Floridians, rather than wasting upwards of 20 billion dollars on these “Roads to Ruin”.

I urge you and all members of the Florida M-CORES Task Forces to oppose this project in its entirety.

Thank you.

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