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10/9/2014 <br />There is no evidence that the channel was ever dredged out to the seaward extent of county - <br />owned submerged lands, so the project will create a new and extended channel, which is <br />prohibited by our county's official Manatee Protection Plan. <br />The unpaved road has been there for 50 years, and the lushest, most highly productive <br />seagrass beds in the county flourish right there: clearly, road runoff is not harming <br />seagrasses, but paving the road with non -porous materials will. <br />The present boat ramp is large enough to accommodate demand, and the county's own <br />statistics show there is no increase in need for these facilities in Indian River County. Boat <br />ramps at facility -rich Riverside and McWilliams Parks are less than 7 miles away. <br />This proposed $1,000,000 project promises significant risk and harm to the lagoon we all <br />value enormously, with little to no benefit. <br />Please act on behalf of our county's taxpayers and the health of the Indian River Lagoon to <br />terminate this project once and for all. <br />Thank you. <br />