TALLAHASSEE – Right after setting up a 6-thirty day period system to save selected commuters about $10 a thirty day period on tolls, Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to broaden the application future year.
As he campaigns for re-election, DeSantis on Wednesday explained he will talk to the Legislature in 2023 to give frequent SunPass and E-Go users a 50 percent month to month credit history for a whole calendar year.
“We are really fortuitous that when you guide the country in tourism, you know individuals individuals shell out taxes and that’s section of the rationale we can have these a very low tax load statewide and do a whole lot of this,” DeSantis claimed although at the Florida Department of Transportation District 6 headquarters in Miami.
DeSantis explained the proposal could impact about 750,000 Floridians who regularly commute and save an typical commuter about $550 a yr.
Misplaced transportation funding would be built up by tapping a surplus of point out general revenue. The six-thirty day period system went into outcome Sept. 1.
It features special discounts of 20 to 25 % for outings on several toll roadways involving autos, SUVs and pickup trucks when the motorists are in good standing with their SunPass or other Florida transponder accounts.
Special discounts begin to be calculated when motorists hit 40 toll transactions in a month.
The plan, which is envisioned to cut state toll collections by $38 million, does not contain streets that are element of the Miami-Dade and Central Florida expressway authorities.
DeSantis reported he hopes to develop the toll streets where motorists would be suitable for special discounts.
