State legislators approved new funding for these South Florida projects

State lawmakers on Friday approved the dispersal of $175 million for more than 200 local projects across the state, including more than 50 in South Florida.

The proposals receiving “Local Support Grants” were culled from nearly 1,000 requests submitted by legislators. The grant money was included in the state budget.

Some of the projects approved Friday by the Joint Legislative Budget Commission are similar to ones vetoed by Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier this summer, when he slashed more than $3 billion from the budget.

Rep. Jay Trumbull, R-Panama City, the vice chairman of the commission, said about 90 of the projects proposed were excluded from consideration “in deference to the governor” because they were considered to be the same as projects DeSantis had vetoed.

No grant funding was recommended for projects that were identical, Trumbull said.

Here are the local projects that were approved.

Miami-Dade

▪ Agape Village Health Center, $450,000, Rep. Demi Busatta Cabrera, R-Coral Gables

▪ Aventura Roadway Drainage Improvement with Seawall Repair, $350,000, Joe Geller, D-Aventura, and Bryan Avila, R-Miami Springs

▪ Bay Harbor Islands Relief Bridge Structural Repairs, $250,000, Rep. Anthony Rodriguez, R-Miami

▪ Card Sound Road Safety Improvement Project, $300,000, Rep. James Vernon Mooney Jr., R-Islamorada

▪ Curriculum Development for Here’s Help Plumbing Skills Program — Training Those in Residential and Substance Treatment, $85,000, Rep. Juan Fernandez-Barquin, R-Miami-Dade

▪ Cutler Bay Wetland Restoration Project, $350,000, Busatta Cabrera

▪ Deering Estate Foundation’s Field Study Research Center Phase 2, $300,000, Rep. Vance Aloupis Jr., R-Miami

▪ Doral Pedestrian Bridge, $500,000, Rep. David Borrero, R-Sweetwater

▪ EDUCARE: Recruit, Retain, & Graduate Job-Ready Healthcare Workforce for South Florida, $388,000, Rep. Nicholas Duran, D-Miami

▪ FIU First-Generation Pre-Law Program, $75,000, Rep. Anika Omphroy, D-Lauderdale Lakes

▪ Florida Martin Luther King Jr. Institute For Nonviolence, $1,640,524, Rep. James Bush, D-Miami

▪ FPL Solar Amphitheater at Bayfront Park Renovations, $250,000, Rep. Josie Tomkow, R-Polk City

▪ HHA Elderly Affordable Housing — Hoffman Gardens Phase II, $500,000, Avila.

▪ Hialeah — Southeast Hialeah Sewer Main and Pump Station Revitalization — Basins 001, 002, 003, $1 million, Avila

▪ Hialeah — Southeast Hialeah Sewer Main Revitalization — Basins 006, 007, 050, 051, and 052, $1 million, Avila

▪ JCS Delivers: Grocery Deliveries for Low Income Seniors, $100,000, Fernandez-Barquin

▪ King Carter Youth Foundation, $359,476, Bush

▪ LHANC Elderly Personal Care, Referral, and Information Service, $500,000, Busatta Cabrera

▪ MCOM Reading & Enrichment Center Building Project, $213,000, Duran

▪ Miami Beach Community Health Center — Improving Population Health, $490,000, Duran

▪ Miami Beach Water Mains Replacement, $450,000, Rep. Michael Grieco, D-Miami Beach

▪ Miami Lakes — NW 59th Avenue Roadway Extension and Redevelopment Bridge Project, $3 million, Avila

▪ Miami Lakes Royal Oaks Third and Fourth Additional Drainage Improvement Project, $912,410, Rep. Tom Fabricio, R-Miami Lakes

▪ Miami-Dade County Water Facility Security Improvements, $100,000, Fernandez-Barquin

▪ Miami-Dade Homeless Trust Social Enterprise Academy, $250,000, Avila

▪ North Miami Septic Tank to Sanitary Sewer Conversion — Phase 2, $200,000, Rep. Christopher Benjamin, D-Miami Gardens

▪ Outpatient Burn Center, $750,000, Rep. Alex Rizo, R-Hialeah

▪ Pinecrest Stormwater Drainage Basin C100-A-E-2, $300,000, Rep. Kevin Chambliss, D-Homestead

▪ Preservation of Historical Cuban Exile Materials, $500,000, Avila

▪ Village of Key Biscayne Older Adult Programs, $90,000, Duran

▪ Wellness Program for Aging Adults with Developmental Disabilities, $175,000, Rep. John Snyder, R-Stuart

Broward

▪ Broward College Law Enforcement Academy Modular Unit, $534,442, Rep. Michael Gottlieb, D-Davie

▪ Broward Community and Family Health Colon Cancer Screened for Life Initiative, $241,500, Rep. Marie Woodson, D-Hollywood

▪ City of Hollywood Police Technology Enhancement, $380,000, Woodson

▪ City of Lighthouse Point Design Engineering Services and Permitting for the Replacement of 2 Bridges, $250,000, Rep. Chip LaMarca, R-Lighthouse Point

▪ Cooper City Gravity Sewer Rehabilitation Project, $400,000, Gottlieb

▪ Dania Beach SW 34 Terrace Drainage Project, $300,000, Geller

▪ Deerfield Beach Historic Butler House Rehabilitation, $275,000, Gottlieb

▪ Fort Lauderdale — Flood Protection Seawalls Replacement Southeast Isles, $500,000, Rep. Evan Jenne, D-Dania Beach

▪ Foundation of Sickle Cell Disease Research Expansion Initiative, $250,000, Rep. Fentrice Driskell, D-Tampa

▪ Jack & Jill Center — Economic Empowerment for Working Families, $500,000, Rep. Fred Hawkins, R-St. Cloud

▪ Junior Achievement of South Florida Youth Workforce Program, $313,141, Rep. Christine Hunschofsky, D-Parkland

▪ Margate Stormwater Infrastructure Rehabilitation, $200,000, Hunschofsky

▪ Parkland Flooding Mitigation, $200,000, Hunschofsky

▪ Police Athletic League of Hollywood Support, $250,000, Woodson

▪ Pompano Beach Riverside Safety and Resilience Project, $500,000, LaMarca

▪ Seven on Seventh, $500,000, LaMarca

▪ South Broward Drainage District Rehabilitation of Triple 96’‘ Metal Drainage Culverts, $262,500, Rep. Robin Bartleman, D-Weston

▪ Southwest Ranches Luray Road and Holatee Trail Drainage Improvements, $150,000, Bartleman

▪ Tamarac Stormwater Culvert Headwalls Improvement Project Phase 7, $400,000, Rep. Dan Daley, D-Sunrise

▪ Veterans Access Clinic at Nova Southeastern University, $1 million, Rep. Fiona McFarland, R-Sarasota

▪ Women’s and Children’s SUD Treatment Program: Commercial Kitchen Renovation/Construction, $300,000, Rodriguez

Monroe

▪ Islamorada Village Council Chambers/Public Works Facility, $375,000, Mooney

▪ Monroe County Children’s Primary Care Center, $200,000, Mooney

This story was originally published September 9, 2022 at 4:34 PM.