Tampa Tribune: Agencies see Gov. Scott falling short on transportation
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Tampa Tribune: Agencies see Gov. Scott falling short on transportation
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Gov. Rick Scott's recommendation last week to raise state transportation funding by 11 percent raised some eyebrows, but perhaps a more notable figure is one that isn't found anywhere in his proposed budget.
That number is $75 billion, the amount Florida falls short in fully funding its transportation needs, according to a recent report by the Florida Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council. The amount dwarfs the $9.1 billion Scott is proposing to spend on transportation in the next fiscal year.
"It is good the governor is going in the right direction on the transportation budget," said Michael P. Howe, executive director of the Sarasota/Manatee MPO, one of 26 such agencies statewide. "You can still argue where the money should go within the budgets – what share to roads, to transit and so forth.
"But the big problem is the shortfall that Florida faces and how to go about making up some of the difference."
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