04 May Would Avenir development lessen flooding chances in PB Gardens?

Courtesy of The Palm Beach Post

Avenir conservation area could complete water flow, natural area restoration in northern PBC Chatter: The Avenir property is adjacent to Mecca Farms, and looking at them together could get water flowing to where it needs to be – the Loxahatchee River. Avenir is also between Palm Beach County’s Sweetbay Natural Area and Hungryland Slough, which have been restored. Pointer text: Please point out the Avenir property and Mecca Farms (shown on attached graphic) and the Sweetbay Natural Area and Hungryland Slough. The proposed 3,250-home Avenir development comes with more than 2,400 acres, or half the project, in conservation. The Avenir developers say that will connect about 100,000 acres of conservation lands from the east coast to Lake Okeechobee, helping with the Everglades Restoration plan. Sustainability advocates would like to see them turn the conservation area over to the county for restoration to make sure they get the water right, which could be huge for the Loxahatchee River basin. The developers have hired their own consultants to get it done.