The legend shows the details of the plan, which you should study carefully. Although none of the expansion will be paid for by imposing increased property taxes on Broward County property owners, one should take heed of the amount of mangrove land to be eliminated to accommodate Port expansion in the light blue rectangle to [...]
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The Chief of Engineers recommends Port Everglades, Fla. expansion on Friday, June 26, 2015
On Friday, June 26, 2015, the the Chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommended to Congress the expansion of Port Everglades, Fla., as requested by the Broward County Commission. Broward County has now been given the 'green light' to allow the Port to compete with many of the ports on the [...]
Lake Mabel (Port Everglades) Named by Surveyor for Son’s Girlfriend (1870)
In his 1870 Government Map of this section, Surveyor General Marcellus Williams named this feature Lake Mabel after Mabel, fiancee' of James White. White and Mabel accompanied the surveying party along with Williams's son, Arthur T. Williams. The Intracoastal Waterway runs through the middle of the Lake, paralleling the east coast of Florida from what [...]
Florida’s Big Dig 