Environmentalist questions St. Lucie river estuary flow way project - BizPac Review

The plan to fix the problem might not be practical due to the cost of land assembly. There may be other ways to achieve that goal. Click title for link to article.

“The first problem with the flow way is that it would go through the heart of what is the most productive, and therefore most expensive, land in the (Everglades Agricultural Area) and probably in the United States,” Reed [Nathaniel P. “Nat” Reed] said.
The estimated cost of the land needed to purchase is $300 million to $400 million, plus undetermined engineering and construction costs.
Add another $2 billion to that tally to move roads, bridges, canals and utility lines, according to Reed.