14-15.0081: Toll Facilities Description and Toll Rate Schedule
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this rule amendment is to set a toll rate schedule for a proposed interchange at Pace Road and Polk Parkway. Section 338.155(1), Florida Statutes, does not permit the use of the State’s toll facilities without paying a toll. A hearing is being scheduled to allow the public an opportunity to provide input to changes in the Toll Facilities Description and Toll Rate Schedule required by the construction of the Pace Road/Polk Parkway interchange.
SUMMARY: The Florida Department of Transportation, Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise is proposing to construct a SunPass-Only interchange in the area near Pace Road and the Polk Parkway in Polk County. The project is located in Polk County. Tolls are proposed to be collected from vehicles accessing to and from the northbound direction. This new interchange is located at Milepost 23 and is approximately two miles north of the Eastern Toll Plaza and one mile south of the interchange at Interstate 4. A public hearing is being held in conjunction with a Project Development and Environment (PD&E) public hearing for an interchange project, Financial Project Identification 416537-2. The toll rate public hearing is being held to allow the public an opportunity to comment on the proposed toll rate schedule for the Florida Department of Transportation’s construction of a SunPass-Only interchange at Pace Road located on the Polk Parkway. A rule development workshop was not requested for this project.
SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 334.044(2), 338.155(1) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 338.222, 338.231, 338.155 FS.
A HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE TIME, DATE AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
TIME AND DATE: August 22, 2006, Open House 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Public Hearing begins at 6:30 p.m.
PLACE: Lakeland Police Department, Community Room, 219 North Massachusetts Avenue, Lakeland, Florida 33801
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: James C. Myers, Clerk of Agency Proceedings, Florida Department of Transportation, Office of the General Counsel, 605 Suwannee Street, Mail Station 58, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0458
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
14-15.0081 Toll Facilities Deion and Toll Rate Schedule.
The Toll Facilities Deion and Toll Rate Schedule, adopted November 15, 1987, and amended on February 8, 1988, August 1, 1988, February 2, 1989, May 10, 1989, July 1, 1991, August 1, 1991, November 6, 1991, July 11, 1993, November 28, 1993, September 18, 1994, June 6, 1995, July 9, 1995, January 1, 1996, March 31, 1996, April 28, 1996, June 2, 1996, July 28, 1996, September 23, 1997, November 24, 1997, February 12, 1998, June 30, 1998, July 29, 1998, January 6, 1999, February 9, 1999, April 29, 1999, June 21, 1999, September 4, 2001, March 26, 2002, April 10, 2003, October 1, 2003, December 11, 2003, March 7, 2004, May 20, 2004, November 1, 2005, February 5, 2006, July 27, 2006, and________, is hereby incorporated by this rule and made a part of the rules of the Department. Copies of this Department of Transportation Toll Facilities Deion and Toll Rate Schedule and any amendments thereto are available at no more than cost.
Specific Authority 334.044(2), 338.155(1) FS. Law Implemented 338.222, 338.231, 338.155 FS. History–New 11-15-87, Amended 2-8-88, 8-1-88, 2-2-89, 5-10-89, 7-1-91, 8-1-91, 11-6-91, 7-11-93, 11-28-93, 9-18-94, 6-6-95, 7-9-95, 1-1-96, 3-31-96, 4-28-96, 6-2-96, 7-28-96, 9-23-97, 11-24-97, 2-12-98, 6-30-98, 7-29-98, 1-6-99, 2-9-99, 4-29-99, 6-21-99, 9-4-01, 3-26-02, 4-10-03, 10-1-03, 12-11-03, 3-7-04, 5-20-04, 11-1-05, 2-5-06, 7-27-06,_________.