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The Florida Department of Transportation continues litigation in an attempt to terminate the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority.

Florida TaxWatch and environmentalists are urging Florida lawmakers to stop planning for the Suncoast Connector and others before millions are spent.

A state appeals court rejected the one of the state government’s attempts to eliminate the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority, but the legal battle continues.

Saddled with debt and its revenues now pummeled by the coronavirus, the agency faces a possible lawsuit over the austerity-related toll collector layoffs.

The Sunshine State plans to build a statewide network of electric vehicle charging stations to cut down on carbon dioxide emissions from gas-fueled cars.

Shifting to smaller annual increases — after a 36% turnpike hike in September, the first in eight years — is credit positive, according to one rating analyst.

Without federal funding, many toll facilities will be forced to comply with bond covenant requirements, which could mean reductions in workforces and delays in capital projects, toll groups said.

The state will fast-track billions in road projects despite not knowing how the pandemic could impact revenues.

Stay-at-home orders and school closures driven by COVID-19 have cut traffic in half or more on many toll roads and bridges.

Two rating agencies placed a negative outlook U.S. toll roads, while others monitor risks as volumes decline as COVID-19 keeps drivers at home.

Bond-financed bridges across the Rio Grande will lose revenue because of the partial closure of the border, as will the Texas economy.

The agency's deputy finance chief was promoted after CFO Michael Colsch's retirement.

Express lanes are the latest target for the anti-toll lawmakers tolls who last year tried to tie the hands of the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority.

Judge John Cooper told the Florida Department of Transportation to increase Garcon Point Bridge tolls after FDOT failed to follow his order to do so in December.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Patrick Foye blames Washington for "recalcitrance" over the Manhattan tolling plan.

Instead the governor intends to bond for $200 million annually to fund transportation infrastructure needs.

The state's latest highway toll proposal, for heavy trucks only, spawned partisan bickering over whether bond-bill language could lead to tolls on cars.

Despite opposition to tolls, Louisiana completed its P3 agreement with Plenary Infrastructure to build the Belle Chasse Bridge and Tunnel Replacement Project.

The deal for the Houston-area beltway builder is expected to come in three large tranches early next year.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont is pushing for tolls on large trucks despite a federal judge's ruling that a lawsuit against Rhode Island’s system can proceed.