5/25/05-S102 has been tabled. Refer to HB401.

3/1/05-A bill awaiting discussion before several Senate committees would create an expressway authority with the power to add toll lanes to Interstate 75 in the southwestern part of the state.
S102, sponsored by Sen. Burt Saunders, R-Naples, would allow local county commissioners to set up a Southwest Florida Expressway Authority that would have the ability to float bonds to pay for adding toll lanes to expansion plans already under way for I-75 in Collier and Lee counties.
Both the state and federal governments would still have to approve the construction of toll lanes on the interstate.
The proposal gives county commissioners in the two counties, which lie along the state’s gulf coast north of the Everglades, final say on any changes to the expressway authority’s power. The bill also allows Charlotte County to join the authority in the future.
For bill status, call (850) 488-4371. In Florida, call 1-800-342-1827.
A similar House bill – HB401 – recently passed the House Transportation Committee and has two more committee stops in the House.