Portraits In Patriotism Act would expose Florida students to victims of communism, Holocaust fox13news.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fox13news.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A proposal to stop a massive public works project to build new toll roads in Florida and redirect $132 miliion to alternate ideas cleared its first hurdle.
Repeal of Florida toll roads project clears first stop in Legislature tallahassee.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tallahassee.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Critics wondered: How plausible is it to build large tunnels under a city that is only a few feet above sea level, especially with Miami widely regarded as one of the world’s most vulnerable cities to rising sea levels?
“It doesn’t seem very smart and it is certainly going to be expensive,” said Kurtis Gurley, a professor of structural engineering at the University of Florida.
Gurley said one challenge of the project would be keeping water out of the tunnels while shoring up its walls.
The subterranean construction also runs the risk of contaminating Florida’s aquiferm, Gurley said.