At least 80 projects in the greater Tampa Bay area were vetoed by Gov. Ron DeSantis as he signed the new state budget hours ahead of Tuesday's deadline. They totaled nearly $70 million.
The top project to get axed was $14 million for a hanger for the aviation division of the Hillsborough Sheriff's Office. Next up at around three million dollars each were generators for Hillsborough County; generators for the Strawberry Festival building in Plant City; and an emergency operations center in Haines City.
READ MORE: Here's the full list of vetoes in the 2025-26 Florida budget
A planned $2.5 million workforce center at Hillsborough Community College's Plant City campus got redlined by the governor.
Nearly $1 million was cut from planned renovations at Ybor City's historic Cuban Club, and more than $500,00 won't be going to renovations at two other historic venues in Ybor, the Italian Club and Centro Asturiano.
Here's a list of some of the Tampa Bay area projects that were cut by the governor, in order of cost. The numbers following the proposals refer to the Florida Senate and Florida House Appropriations Project Request lists:
- Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Aviation Section Hangar (SF 1976) (HF2570) $14,075,150
- Haines City Emergency Operations Center and Fire Facility (SF 1010) (HF1188) $3,000,000
- Hillsborough County Critical Utility Infrastructure Generators (SF 1998) (HF2529) $3,000,000
- Grants And Aids To Local Governments And Nonstate Entities - Fixed Capital Outlay - Florida Strawberry Festival Building And Generators $2,900,000
- Hillsborough Community College - Plant City Campus Workforce Center (SF2159) (HF 2546) $2,500,000
- HART Integrated Services Campus (SF 2131) (HF 3091) $2,500,000
- Hillsborough County - Paseo Al Mar Blvd at Gate Dancer Road New Traffic Signal (SF 2138) (HF 2408- $2,500,000
- Plant City - Lakeside Station Park (SF 2470) (HF 2562) $2,500,000
- Pinellas County Housing Authority - Oaks at Ridgecrest Community Center Phase 1 (SF 2345) (HF 1392) $1,457,086
- Manatee County - Veteran Connections Hub (SF 3045) (HF 1656) $1,000,000
- Manatee County - Fresh Start Manatee (SF 3044) (HF 2214) $1,000,000
- Florida Aquarium, Inc. - The Florida Aquarium Storm and Flood Protection (SF1742) (HF 3187) $1,000,000
- Manatee County - Washington Park (SF 2089) (HF 2415) $1,000,000
- Manatee County Gateway Greenway Trails (SF 3043) (HF 2239) $1,000,000
- Hanley Road and Jackson Springs Road Intersection Improvements (SF1999) (HF 3429) $1,000,000
- Empowering Educators: A Resilience Initiative for Hillsborough and Pasco Counties (SF 1678) (HF 2520) $1,000,000
- ARK Innovation Center at Pinellas County Schools (SF 2380) (HF 1357) $1,000,000
- Haines City Annex (SF 1011) (HF 1189) $1,000,000
- Elevate Bayshore Drive (SF 2370) (HF 1532) $1,000,000
- Largo Fire Station 40 Relocation Project (SF 2375) (HF 1476) $951,010
- Centerstone of Florida - Trauma Recovery Center (SF 2227) $950,000
- Boley Centers - Renovate to Rehabilitate (SF 2100) $950,000
- Clearwater Free Clinic Wellness Center (SF 2358) $900,000
- Cuban Club Interior Renovations (SF 2129) (HF 3494) $880,000
- Ruth Eckerd Hall Hurricane Response & Preparedness (SF 1292) (HF 3020) $769,000
- Tampa West River District Multi-Modal Network & Safety Improvements Project (SF 2121) (HF 3465) $750,000
- Affordable Homeownership Initiative in Pasco and Hernando (SF 1680) (HF1216) $750,000
- Affordable Homeownership Opportunities in Pinellas (SF 2346) (HF 1389) $750,000
- Polk County Public Schools Replacement Health Clinic - East Polk (SF 1651)(HF 3515) $700,000
- Polk County Sheriff's Office Central County Jail Chiller Replacement (SF1213) (HF 3585) $688,297
- Nathan Benderson Park Secondary-Post Storm Shelter and Support Facility(SF 1127) (HF 3543) $650,000
- Educational Programming Production and Film/Media Workforce Development (SF 2123) $641,089
- USF - Center for Neuromusculoskeletal Research (SF 2116) (HF 2532) $500,000
- Tampa Bay Thrives - Youth Mental Wellness Support (SF 2362) (HF 1621) $500,000
- Northside Christian School: School Hardening Grant Needs (SF 2392) (HF2310) $500,000
- Pinellas County Urban League Headquarters (SF 3225) $500,000
- A Door of Hope - Recruitment of and Service for Foster Families (SF 1605) $500,000
- Florida Healthy Choice Sexual Risk Avoidance Program (SF 2946) $475,000
- Temple Terrace - Enhancing Disaster Preparedness Operations (SF 2119)(HF 1859) $442,040
- Cove Behavioral Health - Residential Treatment Facility Renovations (SF 2117) $440,000
- Premier Community HealthCare Group Inc.- Access to Primary Care for Medically Underserved (SF 1612) $425,000
- Safe, Practical and Data-Driven: Advancing Juvenile Justice Education and Training (HF 1106) $399,926
- Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology (SF 1579) $385,585
- Tampa Museum of Art: Expanding Classical Education for All (SF 2008) (HF2399) $375,000
- Herzing University Radiology Lab and Dental Clinic Expansion Project (SF 1979) $375,000
- Grants And Aids To Local Governments And Nonstate Entities - Fixed Capital Outlay - Eckerd College Fire And Rescue $372,936
- Civil Citation Program Expansion - Teen Court of Sarasota (SF 1172) $350,000
- Italian Club of Tampa - Restoration & Code Compliance Initiative (SF 1672) $350,000
- AMPLIFY Clearwater - IGNITE Entrepreneurship Center (SF 2354) (HF 1521) $350,000
- Saint Leo University Nursing Program Expansion (SF 3007) (HF 3482) 335,000
- Tampa Bay Watch Restoration Vessels (SF 2369) (HF 2295) $342,790
- Joshua's House Foundation - Bilingual Vocational Pilot Program (HF 1051) 306,500
- Boley Centers - Transforming Behavioral Health Care Through Community Health Integration (SF 2359) $300,000
- Self-Reliance Inc. (HF 2831) $300,000
- United Way of Pasco County - Fighting Human Trafficking Program (SF 1607)(HF 1251) $271,350
- Florida Women's Business Center Network (SF 2225) (HF 1295) $200,000
- Family Healthcare Foundation Navigator Project (HF 2393) $200,000
- Centro Asturiano Renovation and Revitalization (SF 3486) (HF 2123) $175,000
- Next Generation Leadership Services (SF 1855) $150,000
- Bay Area Direct Client Care - Community Haven Project (HF 1651) $125,000
- Cuban Civic Club of Tampa Renovations (HF 3493) $125,000
- Community Innovation Center (SF 2112) (HF 3490) $125,000
- Hillsborough County Critical Utility Infrastructure Security Equipment (SF2467) (HF 2309) $100,000
- Pasco County Board of County Commissioners (SF 1677) (HF 1268) $100,000
- Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Association Building Feasibility Study (SF 3432)(HF 1663) $100,000
- Manatee County Rural Health Services (Recurring Member Project) $82,283
- Stetson University Brain Fitness Academy (HF 2483) $75,682
- From Market to Mainstream: Retail Teaching Institute (SF 2103) $62,500
- Cryoeeze22 Community Continual Restoration (SF 2950) $61,625
- Let's Help Teen Girls Bloom (SF 2128) $30,000
- East Pasco Emergency Shelter (SF 1524) (HF 2578) $25,000
WUSF's Lily Belcher and Mark Schreiner contributed to this story.
