Photo by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 03.29.2021
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District Commander Col. Andrew Kelly, along with partner agencies and Tribal leaders, attend the South Florida Water Managements celebration of removing the Old Tamiami Trail Roadbed. Just one of the projects that will send water south and reduce harmful discharges from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie Estuaries....
Photo by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 03.29.2021
Philanthropist Ron Bergeron, a South Florida Water Management Governing board member and conservationist, speaks with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District Commander, Col. Andrew Kelly. Both men attended the Old Tamiami Trail Roadbed removal ceremony....
Photo by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 03.29.2021
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District Commander Col. Andrew Kelly speaks at South Florida Water Managements celebration of removing the Old Tamiami Trail Roadbed. Col. Kelly says that he is honored to represent the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and witness eliminating one more obstacle that keeps life-giving water from flowing into the Everglades National Park....
Photo by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 03.29.2021
Florida Governor, Ron Desantis, pledges alliance to the flag alongside agency partners and stakeholders at the Old Tamiami Trail RoadBed Removal Project in Miami, Fl. March 29, 2021. The state of Florida has expedited projects to send water south to reduce harmful discharges from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie Estuaries....
Photo by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 03.29.2021
An excavator breaks ground on the old Tamiami Trail Roadbed in Miami, Fl. March 29, 2021. This the first in a series of contracts the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will award each year through 2025 to bring more water to t.he Everglades National Park. The Roadbed being removed acts like a levee and prevents water from passing from the central everglades to the national park....
