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Video date: August 04, 2024

This video: Florida's toll roads will cost you money again, now that hurricane toll suspensions are gone. Residents of a Houston suburb force the realignment of a planned toll road, even as they await new flyovers for an existing toll interchange. Residents of a Detroit suburb will vote on whether to buy their township's toll bridge, and construction delays hit the greater Philadelphia area.

Video summary: Florida's Turnpike, the Sunshine Skyway and 21 other toll roads in Florida are charging tolls once more, now that the governor has lifted the toll suspensions brought on by Hurricane Milton. A flurry of construction activity on major commuter bridges in the greater Philadelphia area is causing headaches for commuters. Meanwhile, residents of a Houston suburb have made enough noise to force the realignment of a planned toll road near their neighborhood. And residents of the Grosse Ile Township south of Detroit are voting to determine whether to spend $59-million to buy their town's toll bridge to the mainland, over the Detroit River.