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Florida Legislature could claw back reservoir, wildlife corridor funds
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — State House and Senate budget negotiators agreed this week to revert $400 million in spending approved last year for a controversial Central Florida reservoir to appropriations for the coming year.
The two sides also got closer on slashing funding from the 2023 state budget for the Florida Wildlife Corridor, a priority of then-Senate President Kathleen Passidomo (R-Naples).
Details: Senate budget conferees agreed Tuesday to a House proposal to revert spending in this year's state budget for the Grove Land Reservoir southwest of Vero Beach to boost water flowing into the St. Johns River.
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'We had to make a whole bunch of movement as part of negotiations to make sure we are meeting our priorities however we can,' state Sen. Jason Brodeur (R-Sanford), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment and General Government, told reporters Wednesday.
