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Everglades Deal May Kill Reservoir
Published: Friday, June 27, 2008 at 6:10 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, June 27, 2008 at 7:36 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, June 27, 2008 at 7:36 a.m.
A new Everglades land deal could undermine an existing water project that has already cost the state millions of dollars.
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Gov. Charlie Crist announced a $1.75 billion deal on Tuesday to purchase 187,000 acres from U.S. Sugar Corp., but the deal could cause a multimillion-dollar reservoir under construction in western Palm Beach County to become obsolete before it's finished.
The state has already invested about $250 million in the project, but finishing the reservoir might not fit into the new plan of letting water flow from Lake Okeechobee to the Everglades.
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June 27, 2008 4:07:25 pm
RE: http://www.theledger.com/article/20080627/NEWS/806270344
A new Everglades land deal could undermine an existing water project that has already cost the state millions of dollars.
Gov. Charlie Crist announced a $1.75 billion deal on Tuesday to purchase 187,000 acres from U.S. Sugar Corp., but the deal could cause a multimillion-dollar reservoir under construction in western Palm Beach County to become obsolete before it's finished.
The state has already invested about $250 million in the project, but finishing the reservoir might not fit into the new plan of letting water flow from Lake Okeechobee to the Everglades.
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Isn't this grand ? Does anyone in Tallahassee know what the hell they are doing ? I am beginning to despise empty chair Charlie. The sugar land deal is really 3.5 BILLION after financing. Good grief !! Now we are probably going to waste $250 MILLION on the damn reservior we won't need.
June 27, 2008 4:14:53 pm
I already posted this on another thread...........
June 28, 2008 11:31:35 pm
My bad. I saw where you posted the interest cost but didn't see the comment about the $250 MILLION Reservoir we built and now won't need.
June 29, 2008 9:30:23 am
I seem to remember Jeb Bush and a bunch of retired engineers going to the **** around Lake O and he was told that that thing was not safe. If it failed, it could wash some east coast cities slap out into the Atlantic. Then the issue, as so many others, faded away into media abyss. Could this have something to do with that danger?
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