PAGE 1 STATE R.. DEPARTMENT 5F5F 955r 9 .. .ao ..1. .. .... .AL.A.A..EE A.... .., ..5 PAGE 2 Stuart~~ ~ ~~~ .zl .ii .t .hi t ..eas th ..s ..rao rats rf PAGE 3 attention to e. pay-as-you-go possibility. The money from the sale of autoobile license tags, (other than that going ta school by constitutio11al amendent ) is now being diverted to the General Fund .ff this emo-.mt of muey were appropriated to this turnpil;e far a little over three years, the highway oculd he built without interest charges .This would save 504 of the total, and ue would set twice as much highway for the money sperit The tolls could then either come tact ta the General Fund or go to the State Ros.r1 Depart111ent for :se on the prainary system, 1.le olust look ahead to our higlway needs .The present revenue la adiisitedly 5:1adequate. Revenue frons a successful toll turnpike could solve the financial problems of future Florida raad builders. 3. That it be built by the Flarida Turnpike authority if such an authority is authorized by the Florida Legislature. That this method he follotrei in Dreference to ft lancing throut;h the Improveillent comotission. After careful study Ue recommend the Turnpik Aut11ority rather than the pri vate systen of building. It is our further recouroendation that Florida business leaders le drafted to serve on the Authority, and that their terms be stamered to take polities out of the management of this important state agency. Our reason for recomiarnding agairst building the turnpil:e 117 a prRate corporation call be salmilart zei into three statements .First if it is good for private industry, it is goad for the State. Second, it would be necessary to liave State control of e. private torporation through members on the [k.ard of DHenters in order to control costs so thal, the road PAGE 4 our ressor. far suggesting Legislative approval hinges arou .First, a.eny layers have caneiderable doubt concerning t-ne rity of the Impravement C06:0188 ion to undertake a project af t second reason is t!mt te feel the project is too large and too o Floride to he deter-;iined by nine men, (The Iloni Board La five emm'aers, er.i its chaiman is a c;ember of the fi':een commission). From a leSal standpoint it vauld be better to agisintive directive. From a deriocratic stenapoint it would airnble that the respor.eihility for tbc decision include the Leeted representation in the T23131sture Ji.. Dat a continuin ; study be :llade of the route to be fol Stuart ar.d that the balance of the north and south ro'.ite be -la deterjllined to ':Je Timncially Gound by the Turnpill Authori atermination sporoved 1:-y t'ne Legislature $, It is our recondendation that the Turnpike Authority 1 id distinct fron ne State Road Department, but that overinppir 1.:ould be desirable in order that the Authority plight avail itC ilities and persnimel af the Road ilepartment orgAnization. PAGE 5 ofgeteoghiprsc o h tt o euL Mt oeatoog and~~~~~~~ ~ ~~~~~ .oplt .netgto .f .l .osblte ..ovn .h .rbe .f PAGE 6 the City of Jacksonville, and south to the $t .Johns County liTieIt extends Uest to the vest boundary of Madison County, and thence back south includin-Gainesville .Let us keep in niind that in all tills territory we have approximately seve:t million dollars to spend each year. We now know the size of this District and the a.smiit of raoney available for it .Let us Laois at some of the immediate needs .He ennnot look at all of them be-. cutlae of the need to keep this report brief, b'.at here are sople of theia: 1. The Jacksonville Express-.:ay. A fir--I commitment by the former Board to co.plete the job. urlunt needed ..$38,000,000, or approx1 mtitely all 01" the lococe of the District for five years ?. Material improvement to U .5. Highueys fl, fit alld f301 in the District .These are very badly needed improvement ared $15,000,000 r:1.-.1d not be a high estiente 3 .Improve:-ient to U. 5. iiighiray /90 for a digtence of at east fifty efies at a cost of 9,0::0,000. 4. Impraying U. 5. T[ighway #41, about $5,000,000. 5. Four-lane and rebuild U. S. lugiray #19 from cappa to Chjefla11:1. TMs is one of the sont dar-gerous and most nerlautily over-loaded roads in s.11 Floridn. S'en million. dallars could be spent to advar.- PAGE 7 of ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. ...ar .o .. xpne riayhghy prven. T..., ... -ore PAGE 8 .... .y.r....lne acto ie aetkn orpol t h ih PAGE 9 Gov. Phil M. Donnelly of Missouri: '"I'he 66th General. Assembly ...appointed a joint turnpike comaittee to study the general subject of turnpiksi und toll roads ...I call your attention to the repart of this coaanittee and ask that it be given careful consideratlan ." Gov, Alfred 2. Driaeoll of liev Jersey: "I am pleased ta be able to report that tbe plans for extension of the New Jersey Turnpike have been substantially completed and that work on several of these extensions vill be begun in the near fliture ." [iov. Uannis J. Roberts of Rhode Island: 'We have ineny edvocates of a limited access highway to ...run through the southern part of the state ...It nisy be that such a project would serve a real need and inerense our tourist and recreation ineoale ...We might consider fiilancing it by a toli system.'~ Gov. Allen Shivers of Terns: "Create a toll road authority, in the hope that properly sponsored and supervised toll roads are the ansver to sone of our gravest probletia in traffic congestion and construntian costa." oov. Miter J. Holler, Jr., of Uteconsin: "I urge that you give your oliolehearted support to the legislative council proposal for the establishment of turnpike authority for wieconsin." It is interesting to vote that the turnpike idea is not new in Florida. Ia 1941 a proposal for a super highway on the East Coast was considered. The brochure on this subject estime.tes that the road could have been built at that time for around $36,0(X),000 .la or about 1943 a prLvate concern consielererL askiri. for a.rbhority to build the road as a PAGE 10 .....t ..t... sre a aaea hi in ha olwd eta PAGE 11 In ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ... .r. oosrete aun ftafc nprle ih PAGE 12 I ..... ..l..sie tvtl :teilzte etr nl ~esc su