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<\/a>The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District will be holding a series of public meetings to present the proposed final array of alternatives for the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) and give all interested individuals, groups and agencies an opportunity to comment and ask questions.\nFive meetings will be held throughout south Florida between Dec. 10 and Dec. 18.\u00a0 Each meeting will host an open house from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., followed by formal presentations and public comments from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
\n*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dec. 10 –\u00a0 Embassy Suites Fort Myers-Estero, Heron & Ibis Room, 10450 Corkscrew Commons Drive, Estero
\n*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dec.11\u00a0 –\u00a0 John D. Campbell Agricultural Center Auditorium, 18710 SW 288th Street, Homestead
\n*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dec. 12 –\u00a0 John Boy Auditorium, 1200 South W.C. Owen Avenue, Clewiston
\n*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dec. 13 –\u00a0 Susan H. Johnson Auditorium, Wolf High-Technology Center, Indian River State College,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chastain Campus, 2400 SE Salerno Road, Stuart
\n*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dec. 18 – Fern Forest Nature Center’s Main Hall, 201 S. Lyons Rd., Coconut Creek<\/p>\n
“Public participation has been – and will continue to be – an invaluable part of the Central Everglades Planning Project,” said Kim Taplin, USACE project supervisor.\u00a0 “These meetings will further ensure that the Corps and our partner, the So uth Florida Water Management District, receive the public input needed to make sure we are developing an understandable and broadly supported path forward.” A Series of Public Meetings Are Scheduled for the Central Everglades Planning Project Dec. 10-13 & Dec. 18 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District will be holding… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe goal of the Central Everglades Planning Project is to deliver within two years a finalized plan, known as a Project Implementation Report, for a suite of restoration projects in the central Everglades to prepare for congressional authorization as part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). USACE is jointly conducting this planning effort with the South Florida Water Management District.
\nAdditional information is available online at\u00a0www.bit.ly\/CentralEverglades_CEPP<\/a>\u00a0and on the attached project fact sheet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"