JUST IN: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Bill To Spur The Completion Of Major Road Projects
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signs legislation to spur the completion of major road projects.
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Ron, we need help with car insurance and Home owners insurance. I agree the roads need addressed too. But please help peeps with the Home Owners Insurance.
@FAITHandLOGIC
3 ай бұрын
Omg, yes please. My insurance is fucking ridiculous.
@mariatorres9789
3 ай бұрын
I've got to say, since moving here 2 yrs ago, I realized the ins here is a scam. A lady hit me in a parking lot, she admitted 100% fault on video & to the ins. I went through her ins. MY INS RAISED MY RATES, AND MY HUBBY'S RATES, JUST FOR BEING A PASSENGER IN MY VEHICLE. He never even went to the doctor! Scam, 100%!
@commonsense6967
3 ай бұрын
I'm in FL and my car insurance is only $700 peryear!
@mariatorres9789
3 ай бұрын
@commonsense6967 My hubby is posting $360 per MONTH, for liability on a 10 yr old Hyundai, and I pulled myself off it, because it was almost double that w/ me & my old Ranger, & that had liability. I've never had a speeding ticket, or a DUI, or an at fault wreck.
@Snookchaser007
3 ай бұрын
@@commonsense6967through who pray tell. 30 years driving with 0 claims and safe driver on license and a newer vehicle with all current safety and anti theft and it’s $100 per month
Only in Florida, the free-est state in America. Thank you, Gov. DeSantis.
Gov DeSantis is America’s Governor. So happy to live in Florida. Great job.👍
Thank God I live in Florida!
Florida leading the way.
@user-lf4ux7dm7g
3 ай бұрын
People here call Florida the "Stink on the Brink."
@scott331
3 ай бұрын
Florida is sinking into the ocean and in the Next 24 years it will be under water 💧
Florida's roads, both highways and streets are exceptional. I've traveled through many states from coast to coast, and in my humble opinion, Florida's roads are topnotch.
Can you do anything to bring down insurance rates? We appreciate you governor!
@subicstationditosailor4053
3 ай бұрын
Insurance companies are run by liberal companies. Our insurance rates are set by people who want to punish us for our freedom.
@edanddebbie7142
3 ай бұрын
Add an insurance tax on tourism- all the visitors like to come to Florida and rent cars and drive so add a tax to go into lowering insurance.
Thank GOD for Governor DeSantis for all that he does with our infrastructure, illegal immigrants trying to come onto our coastal borders. I pray he can do something about homeowners insurance from gouging homeowners.
@thetorchyblameseries8100
3 ай бұрын
Someone needs to ask him why multitudes of illegals were seen being dropped off Saturday night at a hotel on Fruitville.
@antoniorojas8284
3 ай бұрын
You are touching my feelings 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@PianoMessage
3 ай бұрын
Yes!! Im an insurance agent and having to deal with upset customers bc their insurance increased by 30, 50, even 70% is outrageous. I really hope they do something to at least make the rates decent in FL... thats the only thing that i dont like in Fl.
@commonsense6967
3 ай бұрын
@@PianoMessageExplain why you insurance companies are leaving the state?! And going broke?
@Learner4FunLifePersona
3 ай бұрын
The high insurance rates are caused by insurance fraud and many people getting new roofs for free. Finally, it’s imperative to not live in a flood zone
Best Governor Ever!!🎉
RD is clearly the best Governor in America, and will one day will be a great POTUS!
DeSantis is in his sweet spot once again! So thankful for his leadership!
So happy to have our gov back from the campaign trail and focused on FL. New roads and no squatters. KEEP IT UP!❤
Great more urban sprawl..Florida has enough already!!!
Thank goodness🙌301 in Tampa needs help!
@Its2084
3 ай бұрын
More mob built roads! Yay! Mob money!
@fancy-on5hn
3 ай бұрын
301 Is awful! The drive in and out of Tampa is ridiculous! This is long overdue!
@fancy-on5hn
3 ай бұрын
@@Its2084I don’t care if the money comes from the tooth fairy. Yay for investment in hard infrastructure 🎉
@brionhannan1204
3 ай бұрын
@@fancy-on5hn Best comment of the day💪😜🎉
Please repave 95 in brevard county. Titusville area needs it bad.
Hundreds of dollars a year and they just raised my home insurance $200 more a month so now im at $3,140 to live in a 3 bedroom townhouse just awsome
He needs to sign a bill banning/dissolving all HOAs in the state
@tekc0der
3 ай бұрын
Is this a bill??
@JustSayN2O
3 ай бұрын
Well, first the Florida state legislature has to author such a bill.
@GoldenCoffeeLovers
3 ай бұрын
What needs to happen with the Hoa’s is they need to be held accountable. Hoa’s are really not accountable. The insurance rates are so high that so many Floridians are struggling along with the influx of people moving here among other things
@tekc0der
3 ай бұрын
I think it would be next to impossible to dissolve them, I mean what happens to common areas such as pools and parks? Who will maintain them if people stop paying? The county wouldn't just take over those responsibilities right? Maybe I'm wrong
@Gman2002
3 ай бұрын
They need to regulate HOAs. Make board members responsible. Unfortunately in townhome/condo communities you need some sort of governance. So dissolving an HOA wouldn’t work there.
Thank you!! you are a wonderful governor and thank for keeping us safe!!
Good job, Guv! This is the kind of stuff that makes ppl believe their everyday concerns are being addressed. Won’t be enough for some, I’m sure, but it’s something.
Its disney and sea world traffic that causes most of the problems
More tolls for an economy that's already suffering. Polk county roads are horrible and congested. Stop building apartments.
We need help here in Cape Coral with the roads. The traffic here cannot contain all of these new people moving here. The traffic is overwhelming here. Governor DeSantis it is all your fault😊🤗we all love you and so does everyone else that is why they all are moving here because you are such a great Governor Thank you for all you do for Florida🙏❤
Forbes is trolling both sides , just look at the comments based on how they present the story.
Everyone is always hating on Florida but we’re MAKING MOVES. 💪🏻
@LynxStarAuto
3 ай бұрын
Always hating, but can't seem to leave us alone. Everybody and their mother moving down here.
Can we in Tennessee borrow him for a few weekends?
Poinciana needs to connect directly to Florida Turnpike and I-4
We need the I-75 and Lee Blvd/Colonial project finished. I've been here for 3 years and it looks worse now than 3 years ago. 😫 I don't think they've made any progress at all. Thank you, Governor, for dealing with real issues. You're the man. 👍
My man Ron DeSantis rock on man thank you sir
Would love to see some railways between our biggest cities.
Governor, PLEASE PLEASE address insurance costs. We are getting crushed by the premiums for an unusable product.
Best Governor, Ron DeSantis. We love him.
Thanks! But investment in trains will be even better in the long run. More wider highway does not always work. But thank you for addressing this issue.
US-19 has been under construction for 30 years ....
@gloriapalmer6629
3 ай бұрын
Actually it has been closer to 50 years. The work never stops but US 19 never improves.
Great Governor
Why isn’t our federal transportation secretary here we want to hear from him.
@mikelemoine4267
3 ай бұрын
He doesn't want to build roads, he wants you to take the bus with the other peasants while he flies private all over the world to meet with other elites and discuss how to reduce pollution. 🙂
Good governor, but it's a big misconception to believe widening roads is a solution, it's a 6mo or less solution until more move here and lanes are once again clogged.
Ron, as much as I’d love to see you in the next administration, Florida and the Union need you where you are. The union needs a model of success…. This means Florida sets the example.
How quickly you dismiss those of us who advocate other ways of meeting people's needs! Since I moved to FL in 1982, I-4 has been widened multiple times, and it is obsolete before construction is completed. Will 26 lanes of I-4 be adequate? How many neighborhoods must be destroyed? Will DeSantis have imienent domain uproot him? Brite Line is great! Leadership is doing what needs to be done; not what gets you votes/makes you popular.
It is truly amazing to me to see what one member of our US Government can do when he truly cares about America and actually does the job that he was voted in for. To say that he is a rarity today is an understatement. Thank you Governor DeSantis and know that you are very much appreciated! ❤️
Greatest Governor 💪😤🇺🇸
For the love of god, use both audio channels
@happy_trails
3 ай бұрын
😅 LOL I thought my earbuds were faulty! 😜
@Crusader1984
3 ай бұрын
That’s not his fault that’s the audio engineers fault
@af7439
3 ай бұрын
@@Crusader1984Do you really think anyone would blame RD for the audio on a youtube video forbes posted...
Thank You Gov DeSantis! Thank you, for loving Florida growth, & welcoming those of us CONSERVATIVES, that fled tyranny & communism, right here in the USA! Blake the inflation where it belongs, with Congress, giving TRILLIONS of America's monies to foreign interest.
Hey Ron, if you want to relieve traffic congestion, quit inviting people to move here ! B&Rs and decades long timers are not on the welcoming committee.
Nobody wants to live in Polk County though. Methland.
@nolebucnaround8350
3 ай бұрын
That’s such baloney Sheriff Grady Judd keeps law and order in Polk County much better than most places. Lakeland is a great city as is most of Polk County. Just built in PC in the country on a lake and it’s paradise.
Best governor
Our Governor is one the best State Governor's in history. And I see him as being an awesome future President of the United States. Thanks Ron for keeping Florida Great. 💪🇺🇸💯
@commonsense6967
3 ай бұрын
He's truly exceptional!
I am all for roads but why keep building highways where the bigger the more cars until your road becomes constrained and limited. Why not take the right of way and use it for the Bright Line from Orlando to Tampa. It could have stops in Kissimmee, Lakland, Plant City, Brandon, Hard Rock Hotel and other strategic stops then the Airport which has set aside a tract of land to the Terminal.
@nolebucnaround8350
3 ай бұрын
Because very few people would actually use it because the area is so spread out you’d get off and have no car and still have to Uber around
@mikelemoine4267
3 ай бұрын
@@nolebucnaround8350 That's the biggest issue. I live in Orlando and go to Miami often. I'd love to take the train but I'd have to go to the airport (closest station), pay to park or Uber, buy a ticket for $59 each way (x2 people) and then pay for a ride when I get to Miami. My wife and I can drive our SUV for around $25 in gas and $20 in tolls and have local transportation when we get there. If they had quick rent/shared cars or better local trains like the bigger cities it might be more feasible.
great fl governor!!!!!!!!!!
I am following US politics from Europe and really like DeSantis. But the US really has to learn that more or wider roads don’t solve any traffic problems. Politics and Lobbyists tell you that since almost 100 years and it didn’t work at all, never. What the US like every first world country needs is first class public transportation.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
While this is going on, take a look at what the people who should be expecting to compete against this individual in 4 years are doing in their states and what they dedicate their time and effort into.
Awesome
Love our governor!
I live in Sarasota County in Florida and the state has been widening a road called River Road since before September 2022. A road about 5-6 miles long and over 1.5 years later it is still not even halfway done., still a tore up mess. That widening of I-4 will probably take 10 years or more if the widening of River Road is an example how fast it will go. I-4 work is needed really really bad.
If only we could get these big companies from purchasing up all the homes and hiking the rent up. Florida is moving in the right direction.
We need some of this in Manatee County as well.
DeSantis is the best gov in the US.
@kikecarrasquillo3021
3 ай бұрын
I VOTE FOR HIM OTRA VES
Car insurance is outrageous!!.Never mind property insurance and taxes.
Thank you Governor DeSantis. No talk all walk. Florida is lucky to have you.
Can we accelerate the tunnel in Fort Lauderdale? Nothing but delays and in October it will be 3 years and the tunnel looks the same, dirty, and only difference is the plaza above. What a waste of money and a headache of traffic.
Public transportation is very bad even in Miami Florida
@commonsense6967
3 ай бұрын
Miami is corrupt and blue. Get a clue.
This is what leading from the front looks like Insley.
Why is the audio always trashed? Just make it mono before uploading, Jesus Christ
@jimbrudon8362
3 ай бұрын
For the same reason Trump liked to talk in front of an idling helicopter: so you can't quite make out what he's saying.
@franomts7512
3 ай бұрын
Troll
@subicstationditosailor4053
3 ай бұрын
My audio is fine.
One thing that’s a constant in Florida, construction zones. Hopefully these will wrap up quickly and not take three years.
Another 20 years of construction. Most of this is happening in Miami They took 20 years to "finish" 826. 5 years to widen the lanes from Homestead and traffic is no better. Its just a way to fill their pockets with tax money
Stop all toll roads in Florida.
We need Exit 240 on the Florida Turnpike to extend access to Poinciana through W. Southport Rd.
Best Governor in the U.S….period! 100% for the people! I visited Florida a week ago for 5 days and was honored to pay the tolls and sales taxes! Keep up the great work! Keep the Florida economy strong and allow the locals to reap the rewards!
Gov. Is doing well! Keep it up. Now we need open carry for law abiding citizens. Also, no property taxes after your home is paid off.
@learoman2526
3 ай бұрын
Good idea 👍👍👍
@commonsense6967
3 ай бұрын
FL has too many senior citizens for that to work for everyone.
@Carlos-bz2pe
3 ай бұрын
@@commonsense6967 I know. Wishful thinking. 😄
WELL DONE 👏👏👏👏🙏🙏ALSO PLEASE GOB ALSO WE NEED THE HOUSE TAXES ARE VERY HIGH YOU MUST TO MAKE SOMETHING GOD BLESS YOU 🙏🙏🙏🙏
So nice to live in a State with a in charge leader looking after the residents.
I have quit spending money in Florida. Tolls are not needed for taxpayers ŵho pay tax ŵhen they buy gas or diesel fuel.
What aabout ocala airport?
hwy 40 is a hurricane route from Daytona to Ocala to Dunnellon.
" New Paint , New Shrubs " - DeSantis 😊😂
How about Widening the Ronald Reagan Pkwy (Turnpike) from Central FL to Miami. 2 Lanes are a joke and danger when everybody is haulin' A...S at 80MPH Plus. Lets get it done. If we can give away $200 Billion to Ukraine, we ought to be able to take care of our infrastructure.
@jjosephm7539
3 ай бұрын
The FL Turnpike is self-supporting through bond issuance. Did you notice the turnpike widening in Central Florida? Did you know that Kissimmee to Yehaw Junction is the longest section of highway without an exit in the USA? They will get to it.
@commonsense6967
3 ай бұрын
Talk to Biden for giving our tax money to Ukraine. Not DeSantis!
Lets build new passenger railroads instead not toll roads.
@mikelemoine4267
3 ай бұрын
I'd be good with monorail type trains that are overhead, but more ground level commuter trains mean more backups for cars.
@mikelemoine4267
3 ай бұрын
@Bryce_Fl I think our biggest issue is local transport once you get off the train. We don't have very walkable cities as everything is so spread out. I'd enjoy a monorail ride across town vs. sitting in traffic, but when you have to get in the car to drive to the station and then maybe Uber to the final destination at the other end, it's just easier to go ahead and drive. Maybe they can add some smaller trains like Miami (similar to the Orlando Airport Trams) to spread out around the city more. I'm sure it can be done, it's just a matter of making it convenient, cost effective and easy because we are all spoiled and maybe a little lazy🙂
You are a great Governor Ron but we need lower car and home insurance! All these insurance companies are killing us and raking in tons of money. Something must be done. We can’t afford it anymore.
Ive noticed a ton of work the past few weeks
FIX THE INSURANCE ISSUE!!!!
Polk County with Grady, the best sheriff and Ron DeSantis, the best governor
At some point there needs to be an i4 to i75 south connector having to go from Orlando to Tampa then south all the way to the Sarasota area and all those surrounding cities is crazy for roadway congestion. Making a connector that goes from say Polk county I4 to Sarasota or Lee county would cut major travel time and give the i4 Hillsborough county area a major congestion reduction.
@figmentofurimagination457
3 ай бұрын
They tried that. It was going to be a toll road called the Heartland Parkway and would start on I-75 in Fort Myers and end on I-4 in Northeast Polk County near Disney. DeSantis shut down the plans in April 2021 due to backlash from rural residents and other reasons
Most roads in Tampa are just like in any third world country. The streets and avenues are only patch. they aren’t paved completely . The street signs are not well maintained and many have the inside lights broken or the name are fade away that is hard to read it. In Bearss ave and Florida Av you can see it. The only road that is in good shape is Delmabry highway.
@mikelemoine4267
3 ай бұрын
Most of those roads are county roads so the local government is to blame if they are not being maintained. They can apply to Tallahassee for state assistance.
@rodrigoquiroz8816
3 ай бұрын
@@mikelemoine4267 agree I would like whomever is in charge of it. May take action. Or check where all the tax payers Money is going. I’ve been living in Tampa for more than ten years and I haven’t seen any improvement at all.
@mikelemoine4267
3 ай бұрын
@@rodrigoquiroz8816 I'm in Orlando and the problem we have here is that the County approves huge new developments but doesn't charge much for impact fees or invest in the roads to support them. They claim they will wait for the tax money to come from the new development to pay for roads, but that means horrible traffic for 5 years after each place opens until they fix it. A new place opens all the time, so it never ends. Our roads are fairly smooth, but maybe that's because you can't get over 10 mph sometimes🙂
😂We are paving the way!
Something need to be done en Lee County too.
Do away with transponders on our highways Stop tracking the people
It's not always a good thing to be fastest growing.
you need to do something about the car insurance people that are soaking Floridan's of their life savings....I'm retired I drive 20 miles a week around town...I stay local......and what did progressive do?.... gave me a big 100.00 discount WOW......I wouldn't even dream of going on any of these highways....if I need to go to Orlando I get one of the kids to drive me.....
I I appreciate what you're doing for traffic, but I'll proboby have to leave florida due the cost of living here...
how about highway 40?
Is there any Federal Funds involved in these projects?
Ron DeSantis the next president in 2028
@commonsense6967
3 ай бұрын
YES!❤
Florida inflation rate is double that of the national inflation rate !! What about car n homeowners insurance.
Lots of comments about the state helping with insurance premiums. A) you live in a state that is prone to hurricanes. The cost of rebuilding has gone up, thus your premiums go up. 2) you live in a state that is great partly because they are downsizing government…do you really want government intrusion on this issue? FYI, Ron is the best. I live in Iowa and campaigned for Ron before the caucus. Best Ron since Reagan.
No high speed rail ?
It only took 60 years i live in pembroke pines fl and most of the houses are close to a million and better and the main road sheridan street is a damn joke its as if a b-52 bomber dropped its payload on it
2028, he's got a shot at the presidency
I guess KZread doesn't want me to hear my governor.
Free Derek💙🙏💙
Gotta hire the right people that’s a big thing. Sadly too many weirdo people no good.