The Florida Department of Transportation’s (DOT) latest plan to extend toll roads in Florida bypasses Marion and Alachua counties, after a previous plan for one of the roads had it cutting across hundreds of acres of wetlands and farms. Residents and environmentalists are much happier with this revised proposal. The previous plan received so much backlash from residents and local governments that the state officially abandoned it in August. Read the full story at Ocala.com.
