Canopy development agreement sparks fight over canopy road, taxpayer costs

Tallahassee commissioners voted 3-2 to advance a proposed Canopy development agreement despite questions over a possible Dempsey Mayo-Miccosukee Road connection, traffic impacts, concurrency costs and whether taxpayers could inherit infrastructure expenses.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A decades-old plan for a road connection across protected green space is again at the center of a Tallahassee development fight — this time raising questions about who pays for future roads, how more development will affect traffic and what happens to the Miccosukee Canopy Road.

Tallahassee commissioners voted 3-2 Wednesday to advance the third amended and restated Canopy development agreement to a second public hearing Sept. 23…

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