Resolution 111-1975
RESOLUTION NO. III -1975
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida realizes the importance of preservation of
human lives and remembers the devastation, ruin and loss of
life and property caused by flooding during hurricanes in Monroe
County, and
WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation is contemplating
the inclusion of causeways in its bridge construction and repair
plans for the County, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County wishes to go on record that the use of causeways in the
County will cause an undue risk to human life during hurricane
flooding and feel strongly that causeways therefore ought not be
constructed, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, it hereby requests that the Florida
Department of Transportation omit from any of its bridge
construction or repair plans for Monroe County the use of causeways.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY SAID BOARD that certified copies
of the resolution be forwarded to the Florida Department of
Transportation and to the members of the Monroe County, Florida,
delegation in the State Legislature.
DATED July 24, 1975
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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