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FUNDING FLOWS TO PORTS AS SCOTT TOUTS NEW

PORTMIAMI TUNNEL

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA - May 19, 2014 - THE CAPITAL,

TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Rick Scott on Monday celebrated the soon-to-

open, $915 million PortMiami tunnel. And when the new state budget

arrives on his desk, Scott will get to decide on spending $139 million

more over the next year to continue the rush to upgrade Florida's seaports.

To read this article in full, please visit http://bit.ly/OuBJB3.

VIDEO: Opening ceremonies were held Monday, May 19, 2014, for the $1 billion

PortMiami tunnel running under Biscayne Bay. Gov. Rick Scott and U.S. Secretary of

Transportation Anthony Foxx, as well as many other dignitaries, were on hand for the

official unveiling. Emily Michot/Miami Herald Staff: http://hrld.us/1oaRlGu.

FLORIDA PORT EXPANSION GETS BOOST IN CONGRESS

SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL - May 17, 2014 -

WASHINGTON — While gazing from his beachside condo, Port

Everglades Director Steve Cernak sees giant cargo ships barely squeezing

into his port's harbor, riding in at high tide only partly loaded to avoid

hitting bottom. Cernak, with a big boost from Congress, plans to fix that

problem by deepening the port's channels to accommodate fully loaded

vessels and far bigger ones expected to pass through a widened Panama

Canal. The payoff, he says, will be more efficient trade that keeps the

price of consumer goods relatively low while generating thousands of new

jobs in South Florida and beyond. To read this article in full, please visit

http://bit.ly/1i04CN6.

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PORT PREPARED TO PAY FOR WIDER, DEEPER CHANNEL

UPKEEP

FLORIDA TODAY - April 24, 2014 -

Port Canaveral officials are proceeding

full speed ahead with their planned

channel widening and deepening

project, despite an unexpected obstacle

related to their dealings with the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers. To read this

article in full, please visit http://

on.flatoday.com/1lKbnVQ.

DEEPENING OF JACKSONVILLE PORT GETS APPROVAL

WJXT-TV CH. 4 JACKSONVILLE -

April 16, 2014 - Jacksonville is

included in a bill headed to a

conference committee that would then

head to the U.S. House of

Representatives and the Senate to allow

for dredging the St. Johns River,

officials announced Wednesday at the

Jacksonville Port Authority. To read this article in full, please visit http://

bit.ly/1oNoSZP.

PORT MANATEE TO RECEIVE STATE MONEY TO UPDATE

PLANS

BRADENTON HERALD - May 16, 2014 - PORT MANATEE -- The

Florida Department of Transportation has promised to give Port Manatee

$150,000 to help it pay for a $300,000 update to its master plan. The port

authority's board of commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to enter

into a joint participation agreement with FDOT. In return, the port has to

come up with $150,000 on its own, and open its planning process to

potential state review and audit. To read this article in full, please visit

http://bit.ly/1h51MGk.