Gov. DeSantis sends $4M to jump-start I-75 interchange project
A new interchange to be installed along Interstate 75 in Ocala will get a $4 million boost, thanks to a grant from Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The funding comes from the Job Growth Grant Fund, DeSantis said, and will be used to speed up construction on the project, which is designed to reduce traffic along the one of the state’s chronically clogged main arteries.
DeSantis said the move was in line with his plan to spend $4 billion over the next two years to speed up construction on planned projects throughout the state, but especially along I-75.
“That will allow some of that stuff to be done 10, 12 years ahead of schedule,” DeSantis told reporters in Ocala. “If you could get some of this done in sev...
