A spokesperson for the Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) says his agency will resume toll collection today, October 18, at noon. By authority of the governor, Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) informed CFX this morning it could lift the toll suspension imposed to facilitate Hurricane Milton evacuation and response.
An FTE spokesperson later confirmed for TRN that the suspension has been lifted across the state, allowing FTE and all other Central Florida tollway operators to resume collection. An official announcement will not be issued but FTE website pages carry a banner stating, “All tolls in Florida have been reinstated following Hurricane Milton.”
Governor Ron DeSantis (R) issued a seven-day suspension order that took effect in various part of the state on the morning of October 7, two days prior to the hurricane making landfall. The initial suspension expired on October 14 for some facilities, however the governor, without explanation, kept it in indefinite effect for designated facilities in the Tampa and Orlando metro regions until today.