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Ron DeSantis: “This is nearly $1 billion investment.”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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LIVE: Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks in Tampa

Published | Video Starts at 20:27

We will end up delivering a modern bridge that will increase capacity by 50%, that will strengthen hurricane routes and improve the safe and efficient movement of people and goods across Tampa Bay. So This is nearly $1 billion investment. And it will, of course, tie directly into other key projects, including Gateway expressway project and I275 express lanes, which opened last spring in Pinellas County. (20:27–20:30)

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Asserts that the Howard Franklin Bridge project is a nearly $1 billion investment.

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