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Ron DeSantis: “We took a bunch of money, leveraged it, and then did an…”

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Governor DeSantis Awards $311 Million for Infrastructure Repair in 37 Florida Communities

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And I'm like, well, how. What good does that do to just sit in traffic for that long? And there's different parts of the state where it's more acute. And so We took a bunch of money, leveraged it, and then did an infusion. And so now those [road] projects are going to be delivered to the, to the consumer 5, 10, or even 15 years ahead of initial schedule. And so that's a huge thing. And it was, it was money we're going to have to spend anyways. And honestly, in 10 years, it probably cost a hell of a lot more to do it anyway. (34:37–34:50)

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Asserts that road projects will be completed 5 to 15 years ahead of schedule due to financial leveraging.

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