By Javier Manjarres
Governor Rick Scott toured the ‘Miami tunnel’ project that is currently under construction whose purpose is to facilitate and increase trade at the Port of Miami. The project will consist of two two lane tunnels that are slated to be completed in 2014. Currently, the first of the two tunnels is estimated to being about 4600ft long, and is about 60% completed- about 2800 ft into the project.
According to Port of Miami officials, the tunnel project along with a deep dredging project will create thirty thousand new and permanent jobs at the Port of Miami. The Port already employs 180,000 individuals.
Governor Scott and other officials including Sweatwater Mayor Manny Morono took a tour of the tunnel after attending a global trade bill signing. In attendance to that event was Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll, Miami City Mayor Tomas Regalado, Miami-Dade Commissioner Rebecca Sosa, Broward County Commissioner Chip LaMarca, and others.
After Scott’s tour of the tunnel, he addressed questions from the already heat exhausted press corps that were assembled at the mouth of the tunnel. Governor Scott gave the press the boot, literally. Watch the video.
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2 Responses to “Governor Rick Scott Gives Press the Boot, Tours Miami Tunnel”
Nice Boots!! Maybe to put up Holder’s – - -.
Being born and raised in Texas, I love those boots especially since they have the American flag on them. I wish the new slogan for the state of Florida could be “Don’t Mess With Florida.” Rick Scott is doing a great job for Florida. Port of Jacksonville is seeing new growth with a new fleet of ships coming in soon. Time to clean house among Florida’s leadership and perhaps someday we can be as great as the state of Texas, which is booming. Our state can save a lot of money by resdricting their time spent in Tallahassee.