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The Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority is broke. The Authority doesn’t have enough money to fund an annual audit required by the Florida Auditor General, much less generate enough revenues to make multi-million dollar, semiannual bond payments. Most of the Authority’s members have quit over the past couple of years, and replacements are hard to find because of the bridge’s troubled history. At an August 14 meeting held at the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) office in Milton, the group was left with little choice but to authorize a traffic and revenue study which could lead to yet another toll hike.
Members of the Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority have been faced with many challenges, including mass resignations. Pictured left to right are: Don Richards, secretary/treasurer; Tommy Barfield, ex-officio; Roy Andrews, legal counsel; Gerry Goldstein, vice-chairman; Morgan Lamb, chairman; and Virginia Adkins, staff assistant.
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