Florida Department of Transportation District 6 staff presented their tentative five‑year work program to Monroe County commissioners on Tuesday, outlining project funding, priorities and a slate of county projects extending to fiscal year 2031.

Heidi (district staff) and project managers walked the board through District 6’s tentative program, which the presentation stated totals about $4.15 billion for the five‑year period and includes a Monroe County allocation of roughly $600 million — a decline of about 6% from the prior year’s county allocation, the presentation said.

Key Monroe County projects noted in the presentation included airport work at Key West International Airport (Terminal Concourse A Phase 2, $8 million contribution; a bypass taxiway project with an $8 million department contribution), resurfacing segments (for example, U.S. 1 between Mile Marker 87 and 90), a drainage project with a new pump station, and a lighting project on Overseas Highway. The department also programmed funding for Mallory Wharf and pier improvements under seaport projects.

The presentation focused heavily on bridges. FDOT staff said the Long Key Bridge will receive a major rehabilitation with construction programmed in FY2030. Staff indicated a construction estimate in the hundreds of millions — presentation figures included about $242 million for construction and roughly $300 million in construction‑related costs; staff also noted that a full replacement estimate would be substantially higher (discussed figures included a replacement estimate approaching three‑quarters of a billion dollars).

Commissioners asked timing questions about rehabilitation and replacement. FDOT staff said the Long Key rehabilitation project will proceed before any eventual replacement and that replacement funding might be on a later horizon.

The board acknowledged the tentative work program as presented. FDOT staff said they set aside approximately $55 million in a funding “box” to advance priority projects that were on the county’s list but not yet fully funded.

Why it matters: the work program lays out when key transportation and coastal resilience projects will be designed, advertised and constructed. Large items — notably major bridge work — involve multi‑year funding commitments and significant construction impacts.

FDOT staff invited county leaders to use the department’s interactive online materials and to meet with them as projects move from the tentative list toward final funding and letting.