VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A Volusia county commissioner wants to drop the fee for residents to drive on the beach.
Council Chair Jeff Brower said behind this one big idea are several ideas that could help drive the economy back to some of the beachside businesses and help regulate some of the traffic at these access ramps. [TRENDING: Fla.
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Brower wants to end that. “We already pay for it in our property taxes,” he said. Brower said the tolls at the ramps bring in around $6 million dollars a year and $1 million of that is