TAMPA BAY — Gov. Ron DeSantis said the Florida Department of Transportation has begun removing pavement art and other non‑standard roadway markings from state roads under a law the legislature passed and the governor signed earlier this year.

“We're not doing the the commandeering of the roads to put up, messaging,” DeSantis said, describing the state policy. He added that FDOT issued guidance this summer clarifying expectations for state roads and that local governments are required to mimic the state standard.

DeSantis said FDOT has found more than 400 locations statewide with non‑compliant pavement art and other markings. He acknowledged some installations were permitted under prior local practices but said the new law creates a single statewide standard and that FDOT will enforce the statute on state roads. “Jared and his team are just ensuring that the law is upheld,” DeSantis said.

When asked about timeframes for compliance, FDOT Secretary Jared Perdue said local jurisdictions still have a period to correct non‑compliant markings; Perdue said, “We still have more time. It's 14 days from another,” in a brief exchange about the compliance window.

DeSantis named several jurisdictions that have resisted the guidance in media coverage and said the state has legal remedies to require compliance. He said enforcement is not a content decision but an implementation of the statute and FDOT guidance.

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