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Brevard road and water projects in Florida’s 2026 budget vetoes
Five entries in the June veto list identify wastewater, drainage and transportation funding removed from the state budget. The record also shows what those amounts can—and cannot—tell residents.
Wastewater, drainage and road projects in Brevard County appear in the veto list issued with Florida’s 2026–27 state budget. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed that budget on June 29, 2026. For residents following a local project, the list provides a starting point: an exact project name and the state funding vetoed.
Five examples show the range of work involved. On page 9, the list records $2.5 million for the Brevard Zoo Indian River Lagoon Innovative Wastewater System and Education Hub. That entry is project 40 under budget line 1766 A. The same page and line list $250,000 for the Brevard County Maemir/Martin/Fiske Area Drainage Improvements multi-basin study, project 36.
For road safety, page 13 lists $250,000 for Brevard County’s Stadium and Cuddington signal and intersection safety improvements. It appears under line 2097 A, project 16.
Palm Bay has two entries on page 14 under the same transportation line: $500,000 for Babcock Street Phase One widening, project 105, and $750,000 for the Intelligent Transportation System Traffic Enhancement Project, project 107.
Those five entries are examples, not a complete Brevard inventory or a countywide budget total. The table separates general revenue and trust-fund dollars and includes a total column. Using the line and project number alongside the name helps readers locate the correct row instead of confusing similarly named projects.
A veto identifies funding removed from a state-budget item. It does not alone answer whether the whole project was cancelled, whether another funding source replaced the money or whether its schedule changed. The next useful comparison is with the project sponsor’s current budget and project records, using the same project name.
The documents linked below describe the June 2026 state-budget action. They should be read alongside current local records when assessing today’s construction plans or services; the veto list itself is not a current construction-status report.
