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MILTON — A Milton Council agenda item regarding language changes to the Comprehensive plan sparked a long-standing debate over whether the Florida Department of Transportation should widen Highway 90 through downtown Milton. The plan is FDOT's top option to alleviate current and future traffic congestion in the area.
Vernon Compton has long spoken against the option preferring a southern bypass.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: VIDEO: Dangerous to widen Highway 90 says Milton man