Q: Trash along Jacksonville’s roads has become a common concern.

Jacksonville Today reader Tracie E. was under the impression that Mayor Donna Deegan had increased funding to maintain roadways. “But, here we are two years later, and the trash on the highways, and especially the Buckman Bridge, is ridiculous,” Tracie writes. “It’s embarrassing.”

“Where did that money go if the roads still look so bad?”

A: The state, not the city, manages highways and bridges that cross the St. Johns River. The Florida Department of Transportation handles maintenance and debris cleanup on roadways like Interstate 95 and Interstate 10, as well as the Hart, Main Street, Acosta, Mathews, Fuller-Warren, Ortega, and Buckman bridges.

The city of Jacksonville cleans and maintains the other roads and bridges, in

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