DeSantis names Broward road for Trump, Miami-Dade avenue for Kirk
DeSantis turned a Broward stretch of Commercial Boulevard into “President Donald J. Trump Boulevard,” with FDOT ordered to post markers on the road.
Ron DeSantis signed a bill renaming the Broward County stretch of S.R. 870, Commercial Boulevard, between W. Tradewinds Avenue and the eastern terminus of Commercial Boulevard as “President Donald J. Trump Boulevard.” The change takes effect July 1, 2026, and the Florida Department of Transportation must erect suitable markers on the designated segment.
The legislation targets that specific span of Commercial Boulevard in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea and nearby Broward neighborhoods, where the Trump naming had already stirred a long local fight over whether the president should be memorialized on a public street.
That debate had already played out in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, where residents packed commission meetings and 55 people signed up to speak at one session. The town later backed the state road naming after earlier uproar over a separate local move to rename Sea Grape Drive to President Donald J. Trump Drive, a 3-2 commission vote.
In a separate measure, the state also renamed Palm Beach International Airport as President Donald J. Trump International Airport.
DeSantis signed a second roadway bill at the same time, designating part of S.R. 985, S.W. 107th Avenue, in Miami-Dade County as “Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue.” That stretch runs between S.W. 24th Street and S.R. 90, S.W. 8th Street, and it also takes effect July 1, 2026, with FDOT directed to install markers.
The Miami-Dade naming followed Kirk’s assassination in Utah on September 10, 2025. A Florida House analysis included a day of remembrance on Oct. 14.
DeSantis signed the street-naming bills while vetoing other measures, including bills on e-bike restrictions, student poll volunteering, and a Davie billboard exemption.
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