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FUNDING FLOWS TO PORTS AS SCOTT TOUTS NEW
PORTMIAMI TUNNEL
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA - May 19, 2014 - THE CAPITAL,
TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Rick Scott on Monday celebrated the soon-to-
open, $915 million PortMiami tunnel. And when the new state budget
arrives on his desk, Scott will get to decide on spending $139 million
more over the next year to continue the rush to upgrade Florida's seaports.
To read this article in full, please visit http://bit.ly/OuBJB3.

VIDEO: Opening ceremonies were held Monday, May 19, 2014, for the $1 billion
PortMiami tunnel running under Biscayne Bay. Gov. Rick Scott and U.S. Secretary of
Transportation Anthony Foxx, as well as many other dignitaries, were on hand for the
official unveiling. Emily Michot/Miami Herald Staff: http://hrld.us/1oaRlGu.

FLORIDA PORT EXPANSION GETS BOOST IN CONGRESS
SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL - May 17, 2014 -
WASHINGTON While gazing from his beachside condo, Port
Everglades Director Steve Cernak sees giant cargo ships barely squeezing
into his port's harbor, riding in at high tide only partly loaded to avoid
hitting bottom. Cernak, with a big boost from Congress, plans to fix that
problem by deepening the port's channels to accommodate fully loaded
vessels and far bigger ones expected to pass through a widened Panama
Canal. The payoff, he says, will be more efficient trade that keeps the
price of consumer goods relatively low while generating thousands of new
jobs in South Florida and beyond. To read this article in full, please visit
http://bit.ly/1i04CN6.
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PORT PREPARED TO PAY FOR WIDER, DEEPER CHANNEL
UPKEEP
FLORIDA TODAY - April 24, 2014 -
Port Canaveral officials are proceeding
full speed ahead with their planned
channel widening and deepening
project, despite an unexpected obstacle
related to their dealings with the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers. To read this
article in full, please visit http://
on.flatoday.com/1lKbnVQ.
DEEPENING OF JACKSONVILLE PORT GETS APPROVAL
WJXT-TV CH. 4 JACKSONVILLE -
April 16, 2014 - Jacksonville is
included in a bill headed to a
conference committee that would then
head to the U.S. House of
Representatives and the Senate to allow
for dredging the St. Johns River,
officials announced Wednesday at the
Jacksonville Port Authority. To read this article in full, please visit http://
bit.ly/1oNoSZP.
PORT MANATEE TO RECEIVE STATE MONEY TO UPDATE
PLANS
BRADENTON HERALD - May 16, 2014 - PORT MANATEE -- The
Florida Department of Transportation has promised to give Port Manatee
$150,000 to help it pay for a $300,000 update to its master plan. The port
authority's board of commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to enter
into a joint participation agreement with FDOT. In return, the port has to
come up with $150,000 on its own, and open its planning process to
potential state review and audit. To read this article in full, please visit
http://bit.ly/1h51MGk.