Former Florida Senate President to have road named in his honor

Former Florida Senate President Bill Galvano, who represented the Bradenton area in the Florida Senate from 2012 to 2020 and the Florida House of Representatives from 2002 to 2010, will have a stretch of 44th Avenue named in his honor. 

Manatee County commissioners unanimously approved a motion in late 2019 to designate the section of 44th Avenue from Bradenton's First Street West to Lakewood Ranch Boulevard as the Honorable State Senate President Bill Galvano Parkway.