The state is now in charge of an Everglades restoration project at the Blue Shanty Flow Way to pump large amounts of clean water south across the Tamiami Trail and into Florida Bay, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced.

“We understand how important clean water is to the life blood of the state of Florida — not just in terms of the aquifer that provides water to millions of people in Southern Florida, but also the way that it impacts Florida’s economy and Florida’s culture,” DeSantis said at a press conference. “We knew that there was a need to take action, and we needed to be bold. We needed to be swift.”

Under an agreement reached this Summer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , the state can take the lead on a restoration project for the Blue Shanty Flow Way.

Previously, Tamiami Trai

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