Volusia County Chair Jeff Brower is continuing his push to expand beach driving and has come up with an idea to eliminate tolls for drivers who live within the county. I will propose, for the Council s consideration, that locals merely show their license to the toll takers. If you live in Volusia you drive right through, Brower posted on Facebook. No need for a complicated system. This is easy and fair.
The Volusia County Council will discuss the idea at Tuesday’s meeting.
County officials estimate beach pass sales will generate $6,781,279 in revenue this fiscal year.
The county raked in an average of $6.5 million from beach tolls in 2018 and 2019, but beach visits plummeted in spring 2020, when the county enforced a 44-day closure to vehicles to halt the spread of the coronavirus.
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Volusia County will pause enforcement of short-term rental bans in parts of the county after weeks of lobbying from homeowners in Bethune Beach and Ormond-by-the-Sea.
Volusia County councilmembers unanimously voted Tuesday for a temporary suspension on the processing of new complaints related to short-term rental operation in unincorporated parts of the county zoned for residential use.
The item was not on Tuesday s agenda, but after a number of homeowners urgently addressed the council at the end of the meeting, County Chair Jeff Brower called for a vote.
He said he didn’t want to wait until the end of summer to see the rules changed.