A former Jacksonville Transportation Authority board member is speaking out 18 months after being removed from the board by Mayor Donna Deegan, saying warnings she raised about the agency’s finances and oversight were ignored.
Megan Hayward was ousted by Deegan in March 2025, after she repeatedly questioned how the agency was spending money.
” I wasn’t taken seriously,” Hayward said during an interview with Action News Jax Ben Becker, who first reported Wednesday about widespread layoffs and the fallout.
“Hubris”
Hayward said she was the lone board member to raise concerns about spending, governance, and oversight at JTA, including NAVI, which is part of the agency’s Ultimate Urban Circulator program, also known as U2C. The autonomous vehicle project became a signature initiative of former JTA CEO Nat Ford and cost tens of millions of dollars…