A high traffic stretch of roadway close to President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Seashore, Fla., may quickly bear his identify.
Palm Seashore County commissioners are slated to vote Tuesday night on a decision that might designate 4 miles of Southern Boulevard operating from Palm Seashore Worldwide Airport to Mar-a-Lago as “President Donald J. Trump Boulevard,” with honorary signage.
The Florida Legislature approved the designation earlier this yr and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed it final month, nevertheless it requires native approval for the honorary designation to enter impact.
White Home spokesperson Taylor Rogers mentioned in an announcement to The Hill the president is honored by the designation. Trump officially changed his residency from New York, the place he was born, to Florida in 2019.
“The good state of Florida is honoring President Donald J. Trump, whose stunning Mar-a-Lago Membership is a long-standing staple within the Sunshine State,” Rogers mentioned. “Renaming this highway to ‘Donald J. Trump Boulevard’ commemorates his iconic legacy and the traditionally vital moments which have made this President the best of all time.”
“The President will all the time be grateful to Floridians for his or her unwavering help as MAGA loyalists, who voted for him all 3 times,” she added.
For official functions, together with private addresses and emergency companies, the roadway will retain its Southern Boulevard moniker, however the privately-run Google Maps service has already built-in the brand new identify honoring Trump. If accredited Tuesday night, the Florida Division of Transportation will transfer ahead with erecting new signage within the coming weeks.
The Trump-designated roadway would run by way of West Palm Seashore and Palm Seashore. Neither metropolis has taken an official place on the renaming.
A number of state and native governments have moved to rename roadways in Trump’s honor since he was first elected in 2016.
An analysis from USA Today in January discovered lawmakers in Arizona, Kentucky and Missouri mulling freeway identify switches to mark the forty fifth and forty seventh president after his reelection final fall, whereas Montana, Oklahoma and one other metropolis in Florida have already got adopted new highway names honoring Trump.
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