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› Legoland Florida rolls out new Ferrari attraction
Legoland Florida theme park has moved into the fast lane. Its new Ferrari Build & Race attraction is now open to the public. Opening-day visitors put the new space through its paces. They intensely assembled small cars using red and black Lego bricks, ran them through ramps and other physical challenges and then scanned their models into a simulator to see whose vehicles could do three laps around a virtual Ferrari course fastest.
› Brevard threatens to stop lifeguard coverage at six sites if cities, towns don't split cost
Lifeguards could disappear from some of Brevard County's busiest beaches unless the county and three beachside cities come to an agreement on who should pay for the guards. Brevard County commissioners are backing a plan to stop providing lifeguard coverage to six beaches in Cocoa Beach, Indialantic and Melbourne Beach, unless the municipalities chip in 50% of the cost.
› If Miami can tunnel its way to the port, why not build a train tunnel in Fort Lauderdale, expert asks
Christopher Hodgkins, the guy who helped build the award-winning Port of Miami tunnel, sat back and watched while Fort Lauderdale’s mayor championed a Tesla tunnel to the beach — an idea the mayor now admits was a pipe dream. Hodgkins says he knew right away that plan wouldn’t work, but he kept quiet. Then he noticed headlines about Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis and his fierce opposition to Broward County’s plan to build a bridge for commuter rail through downtown Fort Lauderdale.
› 536 Tampa jobs cut after IT company loses $2.8B contract at MacDill
A Texas technology company with operations at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa is laying off 536 employees after losing a $2.8 billion IT and networks services contract with U.S. Special Operation Command. Dallas-based Jacobs Technology Inc. says in a letter to state officials that its current contract expires May 16 but that it began cutting staff March 1. The company, however, told the state there is a possibility the new contractor, Peraton, will keep some of the employees.
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