DUNEDIN, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced that hundreds of resiliency projects in Florida would be funded by $404 million coming from a state grant program.
The governor said 113 statewide projects will be funded by the resilient Florida grant program. While the state is offering these grants, the governor said most local projects are receiving a local match in funding, “which means today’s state and local investments for these projects will be about $730 million.”
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“Now, all these projects will enhance Florida’s efforts to mitigate prepare and reduce the adverse impacts of flooding and storm surge for coastal and inland communities,” DeSantis said.
The grant program was established last year when DeSantis signed SB-1954. House Speaker Chris Sprowls said the money would help “truly transform our community over years.”
Recently, DeSantis promised a $2.5 billion investment to Everglades restoration efforts to improve the health of crucial ecosystems and announced last week, $79.8 million in infrastructure resiliency projects in South Florida.
The news conference comes a day after DeSantis spoke in Palm Beach County, where he condemned antisemitic demonstrations held over the weekend in Central Florida.
“First of all, state law enforcement is going to hold them accountable because they were doing stuff on the overpass. So we’re so they’re gonna absolutely going to do that and they should do that,” DeSantis said.
DeSantis went on to say Florida is one of the No. 1 destinations for “Orthodox Jews” because the state “(provides) tremendous support,” as far as business and education goes, and will continue to do so.