Palm Beach County Zoning Board approves massive Southland Water Resource Project

Palm Beach County Zoning Board approves massive Southland Water Resource Project

The Palm Beach County Zoning Board has OK’d another major reservoir project to house water south of Lake Okeechobee. After spending more than four hours discussing the issue, the Board, made up of members of the Palm Beach County Commission, voted 6-0 to get the ball rolling on the Southland Water Resource Project. Phillips and Jordan Inc. is in charge of the design and construction of the 120,000 acre-feet project. The overall project has a tim…

Palm Beach County votes ‘yes’ to advance controversial rock mine plan

Palm Beach County’s commissioners on Thursday night voted 6-0 to approve a controversial rock mining project in the Everglades Agricultural Area, south of Lake Okeechobee. Known as The Southland Water Resource Project, the mine was proposed by the contracting firm Phillips & Jordan and would be dug on farmland currently used by the U.S. Sugar Corp. and Okeelanta Corp. County approval was sought to mine limestone for more than 30 years at the 8,6…