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Delegation urges protection for regional transit funding; senators press to restore EV express-lane exemptions
Summary
Broward leaders pressed legislators to restore or protect state funding for the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority and for federal new-starts money for commuter rail, and senators said they are seeking to preserve EV express-lane exemptions to keep express-lane usage high.
County commissioners and state legislators at the delegation meeting asked lawmakers to restore cuts to South Florida regional transit funding and to preserve express-lane policies that incentivize electric-vehicle use.
Commissioner Lamar Fisher called for state support to restore South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA) funding after an apparent cut from about $43 million to $15 million and urged legislators to support federal new-starts money…
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