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under the FEC tracks. This archeological site has been found eligible as a national historic site. Safety- Our community has been waiting for the °90% Plan" for well over a year. Until our officials have that plan, we do not have the information we need to plan adequately for safety measures at the road crossings throughout the county. The project will bisect the City of Vero Beach, the City of Sebastian, the Gifford, Winter Beach, Wabasso, and Roseland Communities, and our medical and business services. Business- It is clear there will be significant negative impacts to the crossings themselves; delays in traffic due to crossing closures; and significant impacts to all our businesses and our public safety and emergency responders and their equipment. Employees, goods being transported, school buses, Senior Resource GoLine public bus schedules, and visitors traveling east and west in our community will all be heavily impacted. We believe the noise and vibration will result in increased difficulty to maintain and operate businesses efficiently and effectively at or within 500 feet of all crossings/intersections of the railway. The increased noise and vibration will be coupled with additional noises and vibrations from sounds emitted from the wayside horns. Financial- Whatever is determined for the safety installations at road crossing will ultimately have negative financial impacts on our community. While AAF reports they will cover the costs of some safety upgrades, it is our taxpayer dollars that will bear the long-term brunt of paying for crossing upgrades needed by this private business. Permits for optic cable- it is our understanding that the trenching for optic cable will be 1 foot wide and 5 feet -deep. The St. John River Water Management District (SJRWMD) has issued General Permit #144190-1. There are no assurances that the historical and cultural resources within the path of this cable installation will be protected or even identified before trenching begins. This trenching will be immediately adjacent to the Old Vero Ice Age Site and other culturally significant historic sites, among them the numerous sites of the old railway stations. Environmental- The impacts to our treasured environmental community will be great. Bridge replacements will include several canal bridges and the St. Sebastian River Bridge. The St. Sebastian River is a major tributary of the Indian River Lagoon which has for the last several years has been of the highest environmental concern to all the N -S corridor counties from Brevard through Martin County. Replacement of existing bridges will cause disruption and negative ecological impact to the Sebastian waterway, its unique habitat for fish species, manatee, and other wildlife that utilize both this waterway and the Indian River Lagoon. The SJRWMD Environmental Resource Permit#135214-2 is an active permit application that includes bridge replacements over the small waterways. Significant archaeological sites are found at both the Main Relief Canal (Vero Man) and the North Relief Canal (Gifford Bones). These resources must be accounted for in the assessment of this permit. Eco -Tourism- Our County's economy is deeply rooted in a thriving eco - heritage tourism industry. The Indian River Lagoon is a tourism generator G