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Non-CERP Project:
Tamiami Trail Project

Non-CERP south Florida ecosystem restoration projects are projects that were not authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (WRDA), the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). They are however interrelated to the overall efforts to restore the south Florida ecosystem.

• Read about the Dec 2009 Tamiami Trail Project groundbreaking
• View the MWD Related Documents
  These include the final signed Letter Report and NEPA document for the Pilot Spreader Swales Project

The purpose of the Tamiami Trail Modifications Project (a component of Modified Water Deliveries) is to improve waterflow from north of Tamiami Trail in Water Conservation area 3B south to Northeast Shark River Slough within the Everglades National Park.

Tamiami Trail Fact Sheet (July 2011)

Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades National Park and Tamiami Trail Fact Sheet
(3 mb, PDF)

View the Tamiami Trail Video with Clyde Butcher

See why breaching the Tamiami Trail barrier to the Everglades is the number one priority of Everglades National Park, and a goal many others support.

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  Looking South to Everglades National Park across Highway 41
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  Aerial view of Tamiami Trail
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  Today, the Tamiami Trail serves as a barrier to flow into Everglades National Park. The project will construct a one-mile bridge to allow more water flow to the Park and Florida Bay to the south.
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  Tamiami Trail cuts through the Everglades
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  Tamiami Trail

 

Tamiami Trail Bridge Before and After:

Modified Waters Delivery Related Documents:

Project Contacts:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:

Brad Foster, Project Manager
Bradley.A.Foster@usace.army.mil

South Florida Water Management District:

John Leslie III, Project Manager
jleslie@sfwmd.gov

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