State budget includes $140M for Manatee County projects. See the full list
More than $140 million in appropriations on the recently-approved state budget could help fund critical projects and services throughout Manatee County.
The millions of dollars proposed for Manatee County its municipalities would go toward major road improvements, wastewater infrastructure, homelessness services and the expansion of the State College of Florida.
State lawmakers reached an agreement on May 29 for the upcoming fiscal year’s budget. The budget is still pending approval by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Appropriations for Manatee County Government include $5 million for the Fort Hamer interchange, $1.5 million for the Singletary Road Bridge Replacement and $1.3 million for Phase 2 of Fresh Start Manatee, which will expand the program’s facility that provides temporary housing and services to help homeless individuals.
There’s also $3 million earmarked for the 51st Street West Extension between 53rd Avenue West and El Conquistador Parkway. In November, Manatee County Commissioners voted to name the future extension “Charlie Kirk Memorial Boulevard” after Kirk’s assassination in September.
The City of Bradenton may also receive about $6 million for wastewater projects like the injection well pump at the Water Reclamation Facility and the Lift Station No. 8 relocation.
These appropriations are still subject to DeSantis’s veto when he approves the budget before the start of the fiscal year in July.
Last year, DeSantis vetoed $5 million in Manatee County projects like funds for Fresh Start Manatee, Rural Health Services and the Veterans Connections Hub.
Here’s the full list of appropriations currently in the 2026 state budget:
- Manatee County Fresh Start Manatee Phase 2 — $1,300,000
- Manatee County Fort Hamer Interchange — $5,000,000
- Manatee County Singletary Road Bridge Replacement — $1,500,000
- Manatee County 51st Street West Extension 53rd Avenue West to El Conquistador Parkway (Charlie Kirk Memorial Parkway) — $3,000,000
- City of Bradenton Lift Station 08 Relocation — $1,000,000
- City of Bradenton Water Reclamation Facility Injection Well Pump Station — $3,000,000
- City of Bradenton Water Reclamation Facility Off-Line Storage Tank — $1,000,000
- City of Palmetto Rehabilitation and Resiliency Improvements to Sanitary Sewer Lift Stations — $750,000
- City of Palmetto Sanitary Sewer I&I Pipe Lining — $1,000,000
- City of Palmetto 14th Ave Recreational Facility — $1,500,000
- City of Palmetto Water Meter Backflow Upgrades — $2,000,000
- City of Palmetto 10th Avenue West Complete Streets — $2,000,000
- Bradenton Beach Stormwater Flood Resiliency Projects — $1,000,000
- Anna Maria Public Works Building — $1,250,000
- Holmes Beach Resiliency and Stormwater Improvements — $631,670
- East Manatee Fire Rescue Station 9 HAWK (High-Intensity Activated Crosswalk) Beacon System — $891,184
- BayCare Hospital Manatee Neonatal Intensive Care Unit — $2,500,000
- Pace Center for Girls Manatee Building — $2,500,000
- Centerstone of Florida (Manatee) — $714,729
- Manatee County Early Learning Coalition — $16,173,288
- Manatee School Readiness Program — $17,943,750
- Manatee Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program — $8,376,347
- School District Workforce Education Programs — $10,511,121
- Prepping Institutions, Programs, Employers, and Learners through Incentives for Nursing Education (PIPELINE) Fund — $485,048
- Manatee County Clerk of Court — $1,692,876 from General Revenue and $3,315,995 from the Federal Grants Trust Fund for Child Support Services
- State College of Florida Parrish campus — $7,500,000
- State College of Florida 2+2 Student Success Incentive Fund — $306,350
- State College CDL State Consortium — $3,500,000
- State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota operating funds and approved baccalaureate programs — $36,571,915
- State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota for the Work Florida Student Success Incentive Fund — $206,813
- State College of Florida PIPELINE — $1,530,501
