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09:15 PM EST Share The Northeast Florida business group says Jacksonville City Council should pass the bill but reduce money for JTA’s Skyway upgrades to $190 million. Plans to increase the Duval County gas tax to pay for nearly $1 billion in transportation projects gained the endorsement of the Jacksonville Civic Council on May 10, but millions in the plan to modernize the Downtown Skyway could instead go toward the creation of the Emerald Trail network of parks. The Civic Council urged city lawmakers to pass a proposed increase and extension to Duval County’s local optio...

City Council member Matt Carlucci said Friday he favors taking $150 million from a proposed Skyway conversion project and using the money instead for adding the long-planned Emerald Trail to the list of projects that would be financed by doubling Jacksonville's local gas tax. The shift has full backing from Mayor Lenny Curry, his chief of staff Jordan Elsbury said. "From a policy perspective, the mayor has always supported funding the Emerald Trail," Elsbury said. "This is a revenue source that can cover it and the mayor is 100 percent supportive of the amendment." That amendment to...

Gas tax proposal draws criticism from some Jacksonville council members Some city council members opposed to the tax also discussed the idea of letting citizens vote on the proposed six-cent gas sales tax increase. Author: Troy Kless (First Coast News) Published: 7:43 PM EDT April 29, 2021 Updated: 12:10 AM EDT April 30, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Smooth roads, sidewalks, drainage improvements, and a new and improved Skyway. It's all part of a plan to improve city infrastructure using revenue from a gas tax hike. The city council got to discuss...

The JAX Chamber board of directors endorsed Mayor Lenny Curry and the Jacksonville Transportation Authority’s proposal to increase and extend Duval County’s local option gas tax to pay for nearly $1 billion in infrastructure projects. In a news release April 22, the Northeast Florida business membership group announced its board voted unanimously to support the gas tax legislation filed this week by City Council President Tommy Hazouri at Curry’s request. The release also reaffirmed the chamber’s support for JTA’s plan to expand and modernize the Downtown Skyway that the authority c...

The analysis shows 3,904 of the jobs would be direct jobs from companies doing the work on 72 road, drainage and transit projects totaling $930 million. Beyond those direct jobs, the analysis factored in indirect job creation at businesses providing supplies and services used by companies doing the transportation projects, plus the impact on other businesses that will benefit when workers spend their paychecks from Jobs for Jax projects. The number of indirect jobs is 1,867 and the number of induced jobs is 1,869 in the study. The total impact of 7,640 jobs covers the five-county metropoli...