Call For Stricter Development Controls in Florida

17 August 2001 - 12:00pm

Environmentalists urge Florida governor Jeb Bush to impose tighter controls on development is some counties.

"Environmentalists also said the state government must expedite its land-buying efforts, possibly with the help of a huge new trust fund created by issuing bonds, or else the entire federal-state $7.8 billion restoration project could be undermined by development."

Source: Sun-Sentinel, August 15, 2001
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