FNAA met with FDOT officials on Wednesday as reported in TC Palm. We arranged a meeting with a local marine business owner who shared the concerns of all marine business owners with the FDOT state officials. FNAA also arranged to take the FDOT officials on a boat tour of the St. Lucie Bridge in Stuart, FL. As timing would have it, the bridge was down for a train and officials were able to note how low the clearance was as well as the condition of the bridge. FNAA also requested that Governor Scott issue an official statement on his position on All Aboard Florida. ********************************** From TC Palm by Arnie Rosenberg: FDOT boss: All Aboard Florida has ‘communications, information gap' Over the two days Prasad met with K.C. Traylor, founder of the main opposition group Florida Not All Aboard; Martin County Commissioner Sarah Heard; St. Lucie County Commissioner Frannie Hutchinson; Tequesta Mayor Abby Brennan; Jupiter Mayor Karen Golanka; and Palm Beach County Commissioner Steven Abrams. Scheduling kept him from meeting with CARE FL, a group comprising gated communities in southern Martin County and northern Palm Beach County. In an exclusive interview with Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, Ananth Prasad, secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation, said All Aboard Florida may have “underestimated” public concerns over the $2.25 billion project. “I think that’s a little bit of the problem with All Aboard Florida,” Prasad said after two days in the Treasure Coast and South Florida to hear the concerns of public officials and organized All Aboard Florida opposition groups. “They’ve been talking through the news media and news articles and press releases rather than rolling up their sleeves and getting engaged.” http://www.tcpalm.com/franchise/shaping-our-future/fdot-boss-all-aboard-florida-has-communications-information-gap_42547757