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These are incredibly challenging times for transportation. Florida is facing a huge transportation funding crisis and our economic future is in serious jeopardy. An additional $23 billion is needed over the next ten years just to "maintain" current transportation conditions. That's why we're working so hard to be Your "Voice" for Transportation. But we need YOU! We've designed this Web site to be informative and user-friendly so YOU can join us in this important work. Together we can Keep Florida Moving!
Super Sponsor of the Week
Our Super Sponsor of the Week is the
Asphalt Contractors Association of Florida
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Did you know?
- The Members of the Asphalt Contractors Association of Florida are the proven professionals that build and maintain Florida ’s roadways!
- Asphalt is the leading recycled product in America and Florida helped start the trend in the 1970’s!
- Florida Roads were ranked Number 1 in the nation in 2010 by professional truck drivers in Overdrive magazines annual survey! Florida took two out of the top three best roads nationally for I-10 and I-75!
- Asphalt’s Life Cycle Cost is less than one half that of concrete paving – stretching transportation dollars twice as far!
- Asphalt is smoother, safer, quieter, and provides the best investment in our infrastructure!
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STOP the “TRANSPORTATION TAX!”
The 2010 Legislative Session began this week and already plans to STEAL $600 million from Florida ’s Transportation Trust Fund have been revealed.
Clearly, this is WRONG!
FBT will join with others and FIGHT to protect the State Transportation Trust Fund (STTF) from “raids” by the Florida Legislature or Governor Charlie Crist. We will label any efforts to “sweep” transportation user fees from the STTF as a . . .
“TRANSPORTATION TAX!”
If Florida Leaders are going to:
1. collect a transportation “user fee” from the public
2. but NOT use it for transportation . . .
3. then it ceases to be a user fee and becomes a TAX
4. and we will label it as such!
Now, more than ever, Floridians deserve “honesty in government” and if Legislators think taking $600 million of YOUR hard-earned gas tax dollars is a good idea, then let’s be honest and call this action what it is:
A HUGE “TRANSPORTATION TAX!”
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