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The decision on the Acosta Bridge in Jacksonville, Fla., which came after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a much-debated transgender girls sports ban on the first day of Pride Month, appears to have been reversed Wednesday amid mounting blowback.
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) on Wednesday said it will allow Jacksonville's Acosta Bridge to display rainbow lights this week in honor of Pride Month a day after it said the display was not in line with the city's existing permit. Confusion and backlash erupted in the city after the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) said in a public statement Tuesday night that FDOT earlier in the day had "informed the JTA that our...
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Acosta Bridge’s rainbow lights will be back on tonight; FDOT explains reversal JTA can resume rainbow lights all week to recognize Pride Month, state says Updated: Tags: Acosta Bridge Controversy JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Transportation Authority will again light the Acosta Bridge in rainbow colors Wednesday night after being told Tuesday by the Florida Department of Transportation that its color scheme was “out of compliance” with its existing permit. JTA lit the bridge in rainbow colors on Monday night, then returned to its usual blue color Tuesday night, despite hav...
In Montgomery County, Maryland, a woman was struck by a car and killed while crossing a busy, six-lane road in April — four years after her husband was killed trying to cross the same road. In Denton, Texas, two children and an adult died this month in a head-on crash after a vehicle crossed the center lane and slammed into oncoming traffic on a stretch of highway where there is no median or divider and there have been multiple fatal crashes.
Cameras on I-95 erase evidence, let shooters go free Sun Sentinel 2 hrs ago Brittany Wallman, South Florida Sun-Sentinel © Michael Laughlin/Sun Sentinel Sheilla Nunez displays a photograph of her 22-year-old daughter, Melissa Gonzalez, who was killed by what police say was a stray bullet on I-95 one year ago. Its incredible how an amazing young lady can just lose her life there and no one does anything, Nunez said Some of the worst crimes on Interstate 95 were captured on camera. But the images just as quickly vanished. Cameras all along the deadly corridor monitor ...