tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post5807785531114036347..comments2024-03-08T05:08:55.233-05:00Comments on EYE ON MIAMI: The Key West Channel Dredging Project: Fighting the same battles, all over again ... by gimleteyeGeniusofdespairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-23518062801964820162013-03-05T07:24:47.809-05:002013-03-05T07:24:47.809-05:00Not only is this dredging project up for referendu...Not only is this dredging project up for referendum in the City of Key West but the commissioners in unincorporated Monroe County will vote on a Comprehensive Plan amendment that will allow dredging of private channels with seagrass and other benthic resources in April. The private developer's consultant wrote the language of the amendment. The county staff estimate that there may be as many Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-28591556826470158642013-03-05T00:00:03.137-05:002013-03-05T00:00:03.137-05:00Key West of course is a disaster waiting to happen...Key West of course is a disaster waiting to happen - hurricanes and sea level rise in our kids lifetime will lay the place to waste. and of course huge amounts of public money will be spent to try to repair/restore the mess that will be created.<br /><br />it's time to start abandoning Key West not spend more public funds there on such silly projects. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-75942051159330147532013-03-04T10:09:49.978-05:002013-03-04T10:09:49.978-05:00Should we let the Port of Miami Deep Dredge Biscay...Should we let the Port of Miami Deep Dredge Biscayne Bay and destory acres of seagrass and coral reefs so the world's largest freighter ships can theoretically (Because no shipping company has committed to to do this yet) dock in Miami. No. No. No. Yet that is what is going to happen this summer when the Army Corps of Engineers is supposed to start blasting and dredging the channel from off Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com