Please do not approve the city of Port St Lucie's request to fill the Halpatiokee wetlands for the Crosstown Parkway Extension.

The Issue

The Crosstown Parkway Extention Route 1C should not be approved when other less ecologically damaging routes exist, including those with fewer and no impact to a State Preserve. If they grant this permit they are making a fait accompli to the selection of Route 1C.  The wetlands that they want to fill in for this bridge is a very critical part of a system that stores and filters water, as well as provides irreplaceable habitat.  Federal and State agencies should honor the will of the people as expressed in Amendment 1: citizens do want their special environmentally significant areas protected.Please take the lead in protecting our local ecological gem purchased with Land Acquisition Trust Funds.

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The Issue

The Crosstown Parkway Extention Route 1C should not be approved when other less ecologically damaging routes exist, including those with fewer and no impact to a State Preserve. If they grant this permit they are making a fait accompli to the selection of Route 1C.  The wetlands that they want to fill in for this bridge is a very critical part of a system that stores and filters water, as well as provides irreplaceable habitat.  Federal and State agencies should honor the will of the people as expressed in Amendment 1: citizens do want their special environmentally significant areas protected.Please take the lead in protecting our local ecological gem purchased with Land Acquisition Trust Funds.

The Decision Makers

Mr. Garett Lips
Mr. Garett Lips
Army Corps of Engineers

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