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On the South Florida Roundup: the spat between Miami Dade County and the state of Florida that’s led to Florida’s re-takeover of our local expressways.

Transponder users will receive 50 percent credits each month they record 35 or more toll-road trips. The financial ratings agency wonders what will happen when the program ends,

Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced a new legislative proposal that could provide discounts to commuters that take any toll road in the state.

Gov. Ron DeSantis says the program will apply to motorists who use SunPass on roads owned by the Florida Department of Transportation.

Frequent users of many toll roads could get discounts averaging about $10 a month for the next six months, under a plan Gov. Ron DeSantis rolled out Thursday.

Conservationists have a five-amendment rights of nature ballot drive going on right now. This is the first in a series looking at each of the rights of nature amendments. Today's story is about the Stop New Toll Roads amendment.

The bill means there will be no new toll road linking Collier and Polk counties. It does, however, require that the Florida Department of Transportation draw up plans to extend U.S. 19 from the Suncoast Parkway to Interstate 10 in Madison County.

A Republican-backed effort to repeal the construction of three controversial toll roads is moving forward in the legislature. It would open the door for two other projects to commence.

For much of the past year, state transportation officials heard strong opposition to plans for three major new toll roads in Florida. But the controversial projects aren’t dead. They were back before the Legislature just last week.

A coalition opposing the three planned toll roads says the state is trying to minimize public comments in opposition to the plan. It says 93% of those who have voiced their opinions are against the plans.

Traffic is a perennial problem across South Florida. It costs time, and money—if you use toll roads or express lanes. This week, the state announced some…

Florida State Sen. Manny Díaz has been driving on the Palmetto Expressway since he got his license more than 30 years ago.Traffic has never been worse, he…