Politics & Government
DeSantis Announces $23M Spending Plan To Boost Biscayne Bay Water Quality Projects
"It's a very big, populous part of the state. And so, there's just naturally things that you have to deal with," DeSantis said.
December 3, 2022
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday announced $22.7 million will go toward water-quality projects involving Biscayne Bay, including wetlands restoration, stormwater management and long-awaited conversions from septic tanks to sewer systems in Miami.
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The money, spread through seven grants, is based on recommendations of the Biscayne Bay Commission, which was created in a 2021 law.
"It's a very big, populous part of the state. And so, there's just naturally things that you have to deal with," DeSantis said while at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park in Key Biscayne. "And of course, it seems to be a place that more and more people want to come to."
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