A local transit supporter has filed a complaint against Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 7 Secretary Justin Hall over the agency’s decision to remove dedicated Business Access and Transit (BAT) lanes along Pasadena Avenue used by the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority’s (PSTA) SunRunner route.

The complaint, filed by local transit and pedestrian accessibility activist Garrett Marple , says Hall “likely made or authorized this decision … without the professional diligence, safety analysis, or ethical consideration required of a licensed professional Engineer under Florida law.”

It raises questions about whether the lane removal violates state law established to make it harder to repurpose traffic lanes.

Marple filed the complaint with the Florida Board of Profess

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