Everglades plan would cost more than $1 billion

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Everglades plan would cost more than $1 billion

When done, 65 billion gallons of fresh water would flow into salty Florida Bay

BY ROBERT SILK Free Press Staff
rsilk@keysnews.com

Federal and state officials are close to settling upon a $1 billion-plus plan they hope will speed up Everglades restoration and bring more water, sooner, to the southern Everglades, including Everglades National Park.

"This is about restoring conditions north of Tamiami Trail and within the park and in Florida Bay," said Kim Taplin, chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...

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What happen to the sequester?

Submitted on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 2:39pm by Sal Gutierrez

I thought the sequester was to stop all this stupid crap. Seems like a waste of money to me.

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Amazing

Submitted on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 9:01am by Conch Harbor

One BILLION +, for something they "hope" will work. Sums up our government from top to bottom. Led by the ignorant, to do the unnecessary, to be paid for by the unwilling.

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?

Submitted on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 9:28pm by Peace

Have you ever been to the Everglades? Look at what it was like 20,30,40 years ago? Look to the future.... And you will realize that the water, ocean, and Everglades are what will sustain us!

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Of course

Submitted on Wed, 03/13/2013 - 7:54am by Conch Harbor

Been there. Look to the future? Somehow you think tilting at windmills with a billion dollars will help when the folks doing the planning don't even know if it will work???