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Pineland Prairie Town Center

Pineland Prairie Development Takes A Step Forward

from tcpalm.com's Lisa Broadt MARTIN COUNTY — County Commissioners on Tuesday voted 4-1 (Commissioner Sarah Heard dissenting) to move forward on the next step of Proposed Pineland Prairie Town Center Pineland ...
Brightline Train North Miami

Brightline’s CEO Grilled On Train’s Financing & Safety

From tcpalm.com's Lisa Broadt Congressmen on Thursday blasted Brightline for possibly circumventing federal law to obtain $1.75 billion of tax-free financing. Moreover, they suggested in a Capitol Hill hearing, financing ...

Harmony Ranch Proposal Unanimously Rejected

Martin County Commissioners voted 5-0 today (April 24) against the Harmony Ranch proposal.  The development was to be built west of Hobe Sound. Harmony Ranch wanted to build more than ...
Brightline Train in WPB Station

Mounting Questions Over Brightline Financing

Exclusive: Sen. Rubio challenges legitimacy of Brightline financing From tcpalm.com 's Lisa Broadt Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, joins with Congressman Mast and Congressman Posey questioning the legitimacy of the FDOT ...
Brightline Train North Miami

With 76 train deaths in 3 years, Florida East Coast railroad is more dangerous than reported

from tcpalm.com's Lisa Broadt The Federal Railroad Administration in a 2015 report described trespassing on the Florida East Coast tracks in South Florida as an "epidemic," and since then trespassing ...
EAA Reservoir

Army Corps of Engineers Wants Public Comment on Reservoir

from tcpalm.com's Tyler Treadway The Army Corps of Engineers wants to know what you think about the plans for the reservoir being designed to help cut Lake Okeechobee discharges. The ...

A Victory For Those Opposed to Brightline

Treasure Coast Newspapers Editorial Board April 12, 2018 TC Palm (Excerpt) Based on language proposed by [Senator Debbie] Mayfield, the state Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability will be directed to examine ...
Brightline Train in WPB Station

Man killed by Brightline train in Delray Beach — The Fifth Death

From the Miami Herald: A man died after being hit by a Brightline train Sunday in Delray Beach, according to police. The crash happened at 12:47 p.m. on the northbound ...

Rivers Coalition Backs Reservoir As The “Last, Best Chance”

By Tyler Treadway April 5, 2018 TC Palm About half the member organizations that make up the Rivers Coalition are voicing support for the proposed design for a reservoir to cut Lake Okeechobee discharges ...