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JUL 151981 File flay 15, 1981 Page two B60K ,J' pAGF months, consultants have inquired about developing the nearby uplands and impoundments. Several meetings have been :field with county officials, regulatory agencies and the project consultant. One of the major concerns is the effect that the road might have on the master drainage plan now being considered by'the county. Immediate attention to this problem has been expressed by residents within a subdivision west of the proposed road. , Another concern which has been obvious to all regulatory agencies since the early 1970's has been the concomittant development of the wetlands surrounding the proposed -road and the possible extension of the road further north through additional wetlands. Regulatory agencies have been giving special consideration to this project because of the expressed need to provide quick emergency service to the hospital and the lack of alternate routes. C, The project area can be divided into 3 distinct areas: 1) Main Canal, 2) Vossinbury Creek, and 3) mosquito control impoundments. Again Canal The main canal is the Indian River Farms Drainage Cariali� 'ch drains to the Ind4an River. This canal provides drainage no 4(M-61 citrus groves but also for urban and -residential are nal is approximately 60 feet wide, has a wier structure (t.str the proposed road) and steep banks vegetated by peppert ae toward the Indian River). �, Vossinbury Creek,Q� Vossinbury Creek is now a ditch that runs west to east tJ Y of the Indian River and 'is between mosquito control impoundments. The ditch is approximately 25 feet wide and is vegetated by mangrove. The upstream end of Vossinbury Creek, the west end of the impoundment, widens and has islands of red mangrove. A tidal ditch extends northward from Vossinbury Creek and along the mosquito control back dike to Barber Avenue.