Budget conference: Lindsay Cross scores rookie win with pedestrian safety project ‘sprinkle’

Rep. Lindsay Cross, a St. Petersburg Democrat, scored a major win with a $500,000 supplemental funding item from her chamber.

Cross is sponsoring an appropriations request for $500,000 for a pedestrian safety project at First Avenue North and 25th Street in St. Pete.

The House included the full request in its “sprinkle list,” the chamber’s supplemental funding plan.

If the allocation survives Gov. Ron DeSantis’ veto, funding would be used to design and construct intersection improvements, including a traffic signal or an enhanced pedestrian beach, as well as accessible ramps.

St. Pete identified the project in its Complete Streets plan.

– Peter Schorsch, Florida Politics