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 MARCO ISLAND, FLA. — Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad unveiled the Florida Transportation Vision for the 21st Century in Marco Island. Speaking to the Florida Transportation Builders’ Association Annual Convention, Prasad outlined Governor Scott’s goals “to spur private-sector job creation and to get the economy growing by having the best transportation and infrastructure system in the nation.”

According to FDOT, the Transportation Vision plan uses creative financing alternatives, offers transportation choices, places strong emphasis on port development, reduces bureaucracy and streamlines decision making, plans and develops future corridors, and provides faster project delivery.

"The Transportation Vision plan is the state’s bold, innovative roadmap for the future which will provide the most advanced and effective transportation system in the country,” said Secretary Prasad. “Florida is on the cutting edge to produce more transportation projects, to provide Florida’s taxpayers with a greater return on our investment, and to create the conditions for the private sector to invest, grow, and provide good paying jobs.”

Projects that will be advanced include:
• US 27 in Polk County
• I-75 in Lee County
• SR 9B in Duval County
• Quincy By-Pass in Gadsden County
• SR 79 Public-Private Partnership in Holmes and Washington counties
• I-95 in Indian River County
• I-95 in Brevard County
• SR 823/NW 57 Avenue in Miami-Dade County
• SR 50 in Hernando County
• Pinellas Bayway in Pinellas County
• and Veterans Expressway in Hillsborough County.

FDOT expects to provide more details about the Florida Transportation Vision for the 21st Century in the weeks and months to come.