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SJRWMD overrides Judge’s ruling and grants Interchange Permit; Citizens plan to appeal
In a possibly never-before-seen action, the Board of the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) heard over a dozen citizens speak out against the disastrous and costly I-95/Pioneer Trail Interchange at their monthly meeting on March 12, 2024 in Palatka, FL, and by making no motion to approve or deny it, by default allowed…
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Local Residents Prevail! Judge rules against Pioneer Interchange permit!
It is our pleasure to inform you that on Monday, January 29, 2024, the Administrative Law Judge reviewing the state case against the St. Johns River Water Management District’s issuance of a permit for the destructive and costly Pioneer Trail Interchange recommended DENIAL of the Permit! This is big news, and a big win for all Floridians! In…
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2024 Candidate Positions* on the I-95/Pioneer Trail Interchange
*as well as archived statements from 2022; these are the verbatim responses to emails requesting the candidates position on the I-95/Pioneer Trail Interchange. The 2024 positions were updated August 8, 2024, and 2022 Primary Candidate Position Statements on the Interchange were updated November 6, 2022. Please send any updates or statements to savedontpavesprucecreek@gmail.com to be…
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Dear Permitting Agencies and Elected Public Officials
I have concerns over a large and wasteful government project in our area and wanted to share my thoughts. $80+ million dollars of tax-payer money (mostly from a stimulus bill from last year) are being used to revive an ecologically-devastating, and widely-unpopular project known as the I-95 Interchange/Pioneer Trail project, located in east central Florida next to New Smyrna…
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What Citizens Are Saying
Hundreds of concerned citizens expressed their outrage at the I-95/Pioneer Trail Interchange at public meetings and many are reflected as part of the permitting documentation on the St. Johns River Water Management District website. You can see a sampling here, add your own comment to the SJRWMD site, and comment in our comments section below.…