Governor DeSantis announced Florida will send aid to Mississippi and Louisiana

Written by Marco Island Mortgage Syndicated User on August 29, 2021. Posted in Marco Island Mortgage, Mortgage Marco Island.

FORT MYERS, Fla.– Governor Ron Desantis announced that Florida will send aid during Hurricane Ida to Mississippi and Louisiana. Florida stands with our neighbors across the Gulf Coast & @FLSERT is actively assisting with Hurricane #Ida. We’ve deployed and staged Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces 1 & 2 in Mississippi. USAR Task Force 4 and 50 @FLGuard are mobilizing to Louisiana. — Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) August 29, 2021 Urban Search and Rescue has been deployed to Mississippi as well as to Louisiana. The Florida National Guard will also be sent to Louisiana...

Florida House set to vote on toll road expansion repeal

Written by Marco Island Mortgage Syndicated User on April 16, 2021. Posted in Marco Island Mortgage, Mortgage Marco Island.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A plan to nix the massive toll road expansion known as M-CORES is finally moving in the Florida House. The legislation, cleared by its one and only House committee stop Friday, is expected to save the state millions while still alleviating traffic along US 19. Governor Ron DeSantis on the other hand seems uninterested in the Senate’s proposed revamped roads project, which would undo much of the M-CORES plan passed two years ago. “Obviously, I put my John Hancock initially, so I obviously supported it,” said Governor DeSantis in a March press conference. Nevertheless,...

Nearly $150 million given to Florida communities to make resilient infrastructures

Written by Marco Island Mortgage Syndicated User on April 16, 2021. Posted in Marco Island Mortgage, Mortgage Marco Island.

LAKELAND, Fla. – Nearly $150 million was awarded to some Florida communities to help make more resilient infrastructures. Two local communities, DeSoto County and the City of Arcadia, will receive a portion of the award, according to Governor Ron DeSantis. The City of Arcadia will receive $4,823,579 to widen a stormwater tributary to provide additional storage to control flood volume. The governor’s office also confirmed DeSoto County will receive a total of $7,030, 587. This will go towards replacing a decaying drain system infrastructure and repairing a bridge used as an evacuation...

State to close Piney Point after phosphate mine leak

Written by Marco Island Mortgage Syndicated User on April 13, 2021. Posted in Marco Island Mortgage, Mortgage Marco Island.

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. – The state is going to shut down Piney Point after the phosphate mine leaked last week, Gov. DeSantis announced at a news conference on Tuesday. “We want this to be the last chapter of the Piney Point story,” DeSantis said. DeSantis announced that he is redirecting $15.4 million from existing appropriations at DEP to be used for technologies to pretreat water at the site for nutrients. In the event that more discharges are needed as the plant shuts down, pretreating the water would help reduce harmful algal blooms and fish kills, he said. He further...

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Governor DeSantis announced Florida will send aid to Mississippi and Louisiana

Florida House set to vote on toll road expansion repeal

Nearly $150 million given to Florida communities to make resilient infrastructures

State to close Piney Point after phosphate mine leak