Looks like a win for environmentalists in Central Florida.
As always, I suggest reading the reader's forum. Their comments are actually on point.
Wekiva-area property: State drops disputed plan to sell 345 acres
A state proposal to sell 345 acres of conservation land near the Wekiva River was dropped late Friday with the same amount of explanation offered in the first place for why the property should be declared surplus and gotten rid of: none.
Two Wekiva tracts, known as part of the Pine Plantation property in Orange County, are a short distance from what will become the Wekiva Parkway.
The land was among several properties selected for purchase by the 2004 Wekiva Parkway and Protection Act to buffer the river, its springs and forests from the toll road.
Opposition intensified late last week to the state proposal to declare the Pine Plantation pieces as surplus and sell them — along with dozens of other protected parcels statewide — to raise cash for purchases of more valuable conservation lands.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-wekiva-land-spared-20130907,0,4577307.story
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