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William Fowler, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the 4th <br />District, Department of Transportation, came before the Board to <br />discuss the update on the Department's five-year program, which <br />is revised yearly. He emphasized that this plan deals with the <br />future, and that they are working with estimates both of the <br />revenues to be received as well as costs. Mr. Fowler introduced <br />Don Henderson, who is in charge of planning activities in this <br />District, to review the plan for Indian River County. <br />Chairman Scurlock noted that our staff has prepared a pretty <br />concise memo about projects which have been added to or deleted <br />from the 5 -year plan. The projects in which we are most inter- <br />ested, aside from the Merrill Barber Bridge, are the betterment <br />of the Rockridge 16th Street Canal, which appears to have been <br />deleted, and the Twin Pairs project. <br />Mr. Fowler advised that they did clean the canal out once, <br />but their studies show the canal is under capacity and needs to <br />be redesigned and reconstructed, and that is the reason they <br />deleted it. It is their intent to pursue that project when they <br />can get the engineering done, but it will require significant <br />engineering work and the money programmed does not fit the <br />project now. <br />Chairman Scurlock brought up the possibility of joint <br />participation to expedite this project. He believed with our <br />Indian River Boulevard project, the County will be taking some <br />action itself and this might be a better time to address this <br />problem than wait till later. He inquired about the status of <br />the Twin Pairs project. <br />"Mr. Fowler stated that they are in the process of updating <br />those plans, but right now they do not see a way to fund that <br />construction 'in the five year period. However, they do have <br />several projects around the District in this status, and they <br />want to get them all ready and then go to the Legislature and say <br />everything is ready except to go except they need the money for <br />construction. He did not believe that will happen this session <br />15 BOOK <br />FEB 19-11N <br />