Forward call · Tampa
Florida DOT plans to redirect ~$200M in unspent NEVI (EV-charger) federal funds into 32 eVTOL landing pads statewide (~$5.6M per site), under HB 1093 (signed 2026-04-20, effective 2026-07-01), which authorizes FDOT to fund up to 100% of public vertiport construction. Orlando's first vertistop was approved 2026-07-16 with construction targeted for Oct 2026. No Tampa site has been designated yet — which is exactly what this prediction tracks: a funded FDOT pad site named in the Tampa market would fire approvedVertiport (with zoning riding along), the market's stated gap in OMM #10. Routed from the audit gate as a real forward signal that is not current-state (program funded and legally enabled; no Tampa site, no permit, no construction).
Reasoning
Signal classification: facility_milestone. The pipeline emitted this call from a medium-confidence classification of source events. Where a direct numerical delta is shown, it reflects the cited Forward Signals methodology; event-only calls carry no numerical score claim.
Resolution driver: approvedVertiport. This source-domain key is used to match the call to a subsequently observed outcome; it does not by itself imply a score change.
Source signal: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/30/florida-plans-to-build-air-taxi-pads-using-200…