We are currently working on launching a Sumter County-specific petition for opposing the Northern Turnpike Extension. Stay tuned!
Write a letter to the editor
- Letter to the editor how to resource
- Contact Information for Papers: Linked here you will find contact information for submitting letters to the editor for top Florida papers.
- The Villages News submission link.
- Orlando Sentinel submission link. 250 word limit.
- Tampa Bay Times submission link. 25o word limit.
- Contact Information for Papers: Linked here you will find contact information for submitting letters to the editor for top Florida papers.
- Example LTEs for No Roads to Ruin campaign
Organize locally to pass a “No Build” resolution! The previous “No Build” or “repeal M-CORES” resolutions previously passed by many local governments will not be considered by FDOT. Local governments must pass new “anti-NTE” resolutions. Check out this draft resolution you can use.
Speak up to your relevant local government body and let your local electeds know that you want them to oppose ALL of the proposed Northern Turnpike toll roads routes:
- Sumter Board of County Commissioners: Regular meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. Address: 7375 Powell Road Wildwood, FL 34785
- Contact information for all of the County Commissioners
- Phone number for County Commision office: 352-689-4400
- Meetings, Agendas, and Minutes
- See the most current agenda here
- Cities and Communities of Sumter County
- City of Wildwood: City Commission meetings are held every second Monday at 9:00 AM and fourth Monday at 7:00 PM. Address: 100 N. Main Street Wildwood, FL 34785
- Contact the City Commissioners (contact information under Staff Directory)
- Phone: 352‑330‑1330
- Agendas, Minutes, and Calendar
- The Villages: The Village Center Community Development District meets on the Wednesday before the second Friday of the month at 3:30 p.m. Address: 1545 Buena Vista Boulevard, The Villages, Florida.
- City of Coleman: City Council meetings are held the second Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
- City of Bushnell: City Council meetings are held once monthly on the first Monday of the month at 6:00 PM and listed on this calendar. Address: 117 E. Joe P. Strickland, Jr. Ave.
- City of Center Hill: City Council meetings are held every first Tuesday after the first Monday of every month at 6:00 p.m. Address: City Hall, 94 Virginia Avenue, Center Hill, Florida, 33514
- Contact cntrhill@embarqmail.com; click here for list of local officials
- Phone: 352-689-4400
- Agendas, calendars, etc. are here.
- City of Webster: City Council meetings are held every third Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m.
- Address: 85 E Central Ave, Webster, FL 33597
- Contact:
- Click here for Council Member email addresses
- cityhall@websterfl.com
- http://www.websterfl.com/contact-us.html
- Phone: (352) 793-2073
- Click here (and scroll down) for agendas, meeting packets, etc.
Contact your state representatives in the House and Senate and let them know you are concerned and opposed to the Northern Turnpike Extension Toll Roads. Find them here.
Need talking points and other relevant resources? See below for maps, factsheets, & other materials.
- NTE Fact sheet and NO BUILD handout.
- Draft town/city/county “NTE No Build” resolution: The time is now to build support and identify elected champions for a local government resolution against the NTE. Use this draft resolution to get started!
- Want a pink yard sign? Join others by saying that “Rural Florida Says No Toll Roads!” Let us know! Fill out this form and we will be in contact.
- Proposed route map
FDOT’s Northern Turnpike Extension ArcGIS tool: FDOT’s ETDM (Efficient Transportation Decision Making) website now has info on the Northern Turnpike Extension for Marion, Sumter, and Levy counties showing proposed routes which (no surprise to us) ignore the M-CORES Task Force recommendations. Take the same link to get to the map/routes (on the left side of the screen look for “view of map” under “Project Detail.”