The Florida Department of Transportation (Department) is proposing changes to the Toll Facilities Description and Toll Rate Schedule to establish tolls for the First Coast Outer Beltway, an all-electronic tolling facility located in Duval and Clay ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

14-15.0081Toll Facilities Description and Toll Rate Schedule

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Florida Department of Transportation (Department) is proposing changes to the Toll Facilities Description and Toll Rate Schedule to establish tolls for the First Coast Outer Beltway, an all-electronic tolling facility located in Duval and Clay counties, Florida.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The Department will construct the First Coast Outer Beltway, a limited access facility that will extend from Blanding Boulevard northward approximately 15 miles to Interstate 10. This is a four-lane, divided toll expressway intended to improve the regional movement of traffic throughout the Jacksonville area. Tolls are proposed to be collected from vehicles, using the SunPass and Toll-By-Plate collection methods, by toll gantries. Mainline toll gantries in Duval County will be located between New World Avenue and Normandy Boulevard, between Normandy Boulevard and 103rd Street, and between 103rd Street and Argyle Forest Boulevard. Mainline toll gantries in Clay County will be located between Argyle Forest Boulevard and Oakleaf Plantation Parkway and between Oakleaf Plantation Parkway and Blanding Boulevard.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 334.044(2), 338.155(1), 338.231 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 334.044(16), 338.155, 338.165, 338.222, 338.2216, 338.231 FS.

A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 6:00 p.m.

PLACE: This rule development workshop is being held as a statewide webinar proceeding which can be accessed by registering at the following website: www.floridasturnpike.com/tools_tollratenotices.cfm.

For those persons wishing to participate who do not have access to the World Wide Web can attend in person at one of several access points across the state.

SITE ACCESS LOCATIONS ARE ALSO LOCATED AT:

Florida Department of Transportation, District 2 Urban Office Training Facility, 2198 Edison Avenue, Jacksonville, FL 32204

Florida Department of Transportation, District 4 Auditorium, 3400 W. Commercial Boulevard, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309

Florida Department of Transportation, District 6 Auditorium, 1000 NW 111th Avenue, Miami, FL 33172

Florida Department of Transportation, District 7 Auditorium, 11201 North Malcolm McKinley Drive, Tampa, FL 33612

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise Headquarters Auditorium, Turnpike Mile Post 263, Building 5315, Ocoee, FL 34761

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 7 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Carol Scott, Project Manager, Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, Milepost 263, Florida’s Turnpike, Building 5315, Ocoee, Florida, 34761. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice). If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Susan Schwartz, Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of Transportation, Office of the General Counsel, 605 Suwannee Street, Mail Station 58, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0458, [phone], [e-mail]

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS Available at: www.floridasturnpike.com/tools_tollratenotices.cfm