Daily News Briefs, September 29, 2022

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Sanibel Causeway Section Collapses In Hurricane Ian

Tampa Bay Times reports, Hurricane Ian “wiped out” an entire section of the tolled Sanibel Causeway operated by Lee County, Florida. (The facility is located just south of where Ian made a landfall on Wednesday afternoon.) Reporters on the scene early today said pavement on the roadway approaching the bridge “is folded up like an accordion, ripped to ribbons by a powerful storm surge.”

WFTX has local coverage of the causeway collapse and other area damage. It notes that 100 engineers have been dispatched to southwest Florida counties to conduct bridge integrity inspections.

Florida Highway and Bridge Safety (Including COVID-19 Impacts) Lee County (Florida)

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Flooding Closes 13 Mile Section Of Florida's Turnpike

WKMG reports, the Florida Highway Patrol closed 13 miles of Florida’s Turnpike in Orange County this morning due to severe flooding. “According to a media alert, FHP closed the Turnpike in both directions from mile marker 254 to 267. Troopers did not give a definite date the lanes would reopen, but said they would stay closed until Tropical Storm Ian fully passes and the flooding subsides.”

Florida Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) Highway and Bridge Safety (Including COVID-19 Impacts) Orange County FL Metro Area (Orlando)

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Ontario Government Reversed Course On Toll Elimination Ahead Of Election

Global News reports, in 2018, while Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government was under pressure from within its caucus to eliminate tolls on Highways 412 and 418, ministerial officials said it wouldn’t be possible until overall budget deficits were eliminated. However, “[f]our years later, as the [Doug Ford-led] government prepared to face voters, officials decided to scrap that fiscally prudent approach and instead offered drivers a pre-election goodie,” eliminating the tolls and sacrificing the more than half-billion dollars in revenue they would have produced over 30 years. At the same time, the province was facing a projected annual budget deficit of $13 billion. “The Ford government has not indicated how it plans to replace the $665 million [US$484.4 million]” in lost transportation revenue.

Canada Company and Agency Financial Issues And Reports Ontario

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These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.

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