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Sunrise over Lake Okeechobee near the City of Okeechobee.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released technical modeling results this week for operating Lake Okeechobee once it completes $1.8 billion in repairs on the Herbert Hoover Dike.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released modeling results this week for a new set of operational plans for Lake Okeechobee, that could define the lake for years to come.
How the lake is managed and whether water levels remain artificially high or the lake returns to its more natural, shallower levels could steer the course for Everglades restoration.
At Thursday’s South Florida Water Management District meeting, just hours after the technical documents were released Wednesday evening on eight different alternatives, district officials said they were still trying to parse the results.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released technical modeling results this week for operating Lake Okeechobee once it completes $1.8 billion in repairs on the Herbert Hoover Dike.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released technical modeling results this week for operating Lake Okeechobee once it completes $1.8 billion in repairs on the Herbert Hoover Dike.
The lengthy meeting consisted of presentations by the developer and byLinda Kay Richards, who gave a formal presentation in opposition, in addition to multiple questions by commissioners and more than 30 people speaking during public comment.
Most who spoke in favor of Costco Wholesale Corp. but against the proposed location, citing negative impacts on surrounding residential communities and an increase in traffic.
“I love Costco. I have a card; I’ve been going there since 2007,” Martin County resident Amy Pritchett said. “I just don’t like the location. . Put it in a place where there isn’t as much going on.”