Tag: bridges

  • Water as a Highway: Back to the Future

    Water as a Highway: Back to the Future

    The following article, with permission, is reprinted from Akerman blogs by Ed Turanchick. Since publication, four local governments have approved the plan and funding for the pilot ferry project. Ferries will start taking passengers across Tampa Bay starting November 1. Florida’s economic prosperity is integrally and intimately tied to water and water resources. Nearly two-thirds […]

  • Florida roads & bridges score high marks

    Florida roads & bridges score high marks

    The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently ranked each state’s roads and bridges and published the results in the USA Today newspaper. The FHWA study concluded one out of every 10 bridges in the U.S. are structurally deficient and only 38% of the nation’s roads are in “good condition.” Thankfully, Florida’s roads and bridges scored high […]