WTF Florida

While so many communities around the USA fight to keep truck stops out of their neighborhoods the so called governor of Florida has committed 40 million dollars to construct a new exit between #354-358 on I-75 to help accommodate a new Buccees Travel Center in Ocala, Fl. It will be built behind the Pilot on County Rd. 326 at exit 358.

Traffic is bad enough at exit 358 and they never would have fronted any money to a company to build a truck stop anywhere in the state. Buc-cee's is a travel stop for cars and rvs only and the only trucks allowed on their property are to deliver products, fuel or food for them. Any tourist area with 120 gas pumps, parking for rvs and cars only is crazy when truckers cannot find enough parking as it is.

A real shame Gov. DeSantis!

 

It has nothing to do with the availability of truck parking in Florida. It's the idea that tax payer money would be spent on a highway interchange built for the sole purpose of a travel center designed for rvs and tourists that could have been spent for better projects.

 

I didn't mean to imply that Florida needs more truck stops or truck parking. There is no reason to spend tax dollars on an exit to benefit a private company building a new travel center that caters to just 4 wheelers and rvs.

If a truck stop can't be built just anywhere because of opposition why a travel center with 120 gas pumps has a more welcome format to a community. No benefit to just spending tax dollars foolishly other than it must be politically motivated.

 

It wasn't stated as an overhaul of exit 358 but a new exit between there and exit 354 for Hwy 27. It will benefit the new Buc-cees and all the large DC's that were built off of exit 358. I totally agree about the nasty reputation that follows our industry that quite a few drivers have caused. The only implication made was that Florida stated that the money was for Buc-cees benefit and if it was for better traffic control at exit 358 that would be different. Also I said $40 million and meant to say $4 million.