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Doing Business with FTE: Permits
Welcome to the Florida's Turnpike Permits Office. It is our mission to facilitate and assist you in meeting your goals related to Turnpike Construction Agreements and Turnpike Permits.
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The Florida's Turnpike Enterprise system of limited access roadways includes: Florida’s Turnpike, extending north from Homestead in Miami-Dade County to Wildwood in Sumter County; the Seminole Expressway and Southern Connector (Toll 417) in Seminole, Orange and Osceola counties; the western eight miles of the Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway West (Toll 528) from I-4 to McCoy Road in Orange County; the Polk Parkway (Toll 570) in Polk County; the Veterans Expressway and Suncoast Parkway in Hillsborough, Pasco and Hernando counties (Toll 589); the Sawgrass Expressway (Toll 869) in Broward County; the southern 11 miles of the Daniel Webster Western Beltway (Toll 429) in Orange and Osceola Counties, and the Turnpike Connector ramp to the East-West Expressway (SR 408) in Orange County.
If your project requires any work on the Florida's Turnpike Enterprise system of roads, or in some cases, adjacent to or near our right-of-way, you are required to obtain the appropriate Florida Department of Transportation permit from the Turnpike or enter into a Construction Agreement with the Turnpike, to be determined based on the particular type of work involved.
Contact Us
Always contact us prior to any work near or on our right-of-way.
Lane Closure
The Permits Office is not authorized to permit lane closures on certain dates during holiday periods. If your work requires lane closure then please arrange your work schedule in accordance with the Lane Closure Restriction Calendar.
Given those restrictions, any work on Turnpike right-of-way requiring closure of a traffic lane or ramp also requires that you submit a Lane Closure Request Form separate from the permit application for the proposed work. The Lane Closure Request Form must be reviewed and approved a minimum of two weeks in advance of the anticipated lane closure.
Following is a partial list of activities requiring Construction Agreements or permits. Please note that most of these activities will be addressed by permit, but those under the heading, "Roadway, bridge or interchange work" most likely will be addressed with a Construction Agreement. In deciding that question, the key focus will be whether or not the proposed work results in permanent construction on the right-of-way. Please contact the Turnpike Permits Engineer if you need assistance in determining which form to use.
- Utility work, with or without a direct connection to other utilities located on the Turnpike right-of-way. This includes, but is not limited to, power, phone, water and sewer, fiber optic or gas;
- Drainage connections to - or land development near - the Turnpike right-of-way;
- Clean-up of spills or other mitigation that may be required for any number of reasons including accidental discharge, leakage from a crash or intentional dumping on Turnpike right-of-way;
- Oversize/overweight loads;
- Roadway, bridge or interchange work;
- Filming;
- Vegetation Management at Outdoor Advertising Billboards;
- Surveying **
- Geotechnical investigations**
(**See Notification of Work below.)
Pre-Application Review
If you like, the Turnpike can review your plan before you submit a permit application to determine if there are any issues that may affect approval of the permit. If you would like to have a pre-application review, please contact Stephanie Shinabery. The Permits Office will arrange a review meeting with you.
Work Completion, Permit Close-Out and Certification Requirements
When you have finished your permitted or agreed upon work, you are required to notify us that the work has been completed and provide the Turnpike with a set of completed as-built plans and applicable directional bore logs. You must submit a Certification of Competed Work Form so that we may close out the permit. Failure to provide us with notification means the permit or the agreement remains open; this means any liability issues connected with this work may remain with the applicant or the Construction Coordinator. If an agency other than the Turnpike will maintain the completed work, such as traffic signals or roadway lighting, use the Certification of Completed Work Including Traffic Signal or Highway Lighting Form.
Rules, Guidelines and Requirements
Construction Agreements
Construction agreements are to be completed on Florida Department of Transportation Construction Agreement Form with addenda at the Department's discretion. The terms of the agreement shall be agreed upon by officials of the Turnpike and executives of the Construction Coordinator entity. An entity that wishes to initiate a project of permanent construction on the Turnpiike right-of-way should complete the Construction Agreement Form submit it to the Turnpike Permits Office.
Construction Agreement
Notification of Work
The Permits Office, in cooperation with the Turnpike Production Office, has developed a Notification of Work (NOW) form for use by engineers and contractors who are working under the supervision of the Production Office. The NOW form is a variation of a permit and its purpose is to inform Permits and Highway Maintenance personnel of the authorized presence of third party workers on the Turnpike right-of-way. The NOW form should be used where appropriate in lieu of other permit types.
Permits
Florida Administrative Code Rules (FAC Rules) related to various types of Florida Department of Transportation and Turnpike permits may be viewed here.
Listed here are Rule Chapters of particular interest to Turnpike Permit applicants.
Florida's Turnpike Enterprise Lane Closure Policy Rev. 2009 (PDF)
Florida Department of Transportation Utility Accommodation Manuals
Florida Department of Transportation May 2010 Drainage Manual
Over-dimensional Road Use Requirements
Permit Applications and Completion Certificates
General Turnpike Information and Requirements
Most of the Permit forms ask for the roadway milepost. Accuracy is important. We further request that you provide the Global Positioning System (GPS) location of your work when possible.
When you apply, you must submit four signed, original applications for drainage and utility permits, and three signed originals for any other permits.
 Office of Motor Carrier Compliance
This site can answer many questions about the weight and dimension limits placed on trucks and tractor-trailer combinations operating on the Turnpike and the enforcement of those limits.
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