A invoice that may rename a stretch of Southern Boulevard in Palm Seashore County as “President Donald J. Trump Boulevard” is now on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk after clearing the Florida Legislature throughout this 12 months’s session.
The proposed designation would apply to a four-mile part of Southern Boulevard, stretching from Kirk Highway — simply south of Palm Seashore Worldwide Airport — to South Ocean Boulevard, the placement of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Membership.
The bill (HB 987), handed within the spring legislative session, features a host of different honorary highway renamings throughout the state, many commemorating native political figures, musical legends, and fallen regulation enforcement officers.
In Miami-Dade County, the invoice proposes renaming:
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A bit of U.S. 41/Southwest eighth Road from Southwest twenty seventh Avenue to Brickell Avenue as “Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart Memorial Freeway” in honor of the previous Republican congressman who died in March.
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A portion of Southwest 57th Avenue between U.S. 41 and West Flagler Road as “Manolo Reyes Boulevard”, after the longtime Miami city commissioner who died in April.
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State Highway 932/Northwest 103rd Road/forty ninth Road inside Hialeah as “Celia Cruz Manner”, paying tribute to the enduring Cuban-American singer often known as the “Queen of Salsa.”
In Palm Seashore County, the invoice would additionally designate the intersection of Southern Boulevard and Royal Palm Seashore Boulevard — the world the place three Palm Seashore County Sheriff’s deputies died in a crash final November — as “PBSO Motorman Freeway” to honor Cpl. Luis Paez, Deputy Ignacio “Dan” Diaz, and Deputy Ralph “Butch” Waller.
Extra designations throughout Florida embody:
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SPC Daniel J. Agami Bridge in Broward County.
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Grasp Patrol Officer Jesse Madsen Memorial Freeway in Hillsborough County.
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Harry Frisch Road in Duval County.
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Sonia Castro Manner in Miami-Dade County.
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A revision to the size of the Deputy William Gentry, Jr., Memorial Freeway in Highlands County.
If signed by the governor — or allowed to develop into regulation with out his signature — the designations will take impact July 1, 2025. The Florida Division of Transportation is directed to put in acceptable signage for every of the brand new honorary names.
