TAMPA, Fla. — Officials from the City of St. Pete Beach are considering tolling tourists to help pay for what the mayor calls necessary repairs to infrastructure across the city.

What You Need To Know • City of St. Pete Beach officials say they're due for $200 million in infastructure improvements, without the budget to fix it • To alleviate the burden and keep taxes on residents low, the mayor is proposing tolling all visitors $1 along Gulf Boulevard • Mayor Adrian Petrila says he’s been in contact with FDOT, which says they’re willing to divest Gulf Boulevard to the city

It may be a bit more expensive next time you go and enjoy St. Pete.

“I have to say I’m absolutely horrified,” said Lauren Chezaud, owner of Café Soleil.

She says the still-recovering community is in desperate n

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