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  1. Road construction impacts local infrastructure in Boca Raton and Palm Beach County.
  2. FDOT is conducting various highway and utility projects across multiple cities in Palm Beach County, leading to road closures.

Rock Mining Proposal in Palm Beach County Linked to Everglades Restoration

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A proposal called the Southland Water Resource Project suggests mining several million tons of rock from land owned by U.S. Sugar and Florida Crystals over the next 34 years to be sold as road and building material. This project is intended to help restore the Everglades, but neither the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers nor the South Florida Water Management District requested the reservoir, and it is not part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Environmentalists have criticized the project, arguing it is an excuse to build a destructive mine.

From wgcu.org

Why it matters

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The project involves large-scale mining operations near the Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir, which state and federal officials worry could threaten the $4 billion reservoir. The proposal is being advanced by Tennessee-based contractor Phillips Heavy, who seeks to build an extra water reservoir.

Florida Department of Transportation is conducting various highway and utility projects across multiple cities in Palm Beach County, leading to road closures and impacting local infrastructure.

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  • Palm Beach CountySpeculative

    Local construction costs might be affected by the availability and supply of road and building material from the proposed mining operation.

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