Officials pick surf break over toll road
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Surfers and environmentalists threw a roadblock in front of a proposed toll road through one of the world's best surf breaks Â but backers say they will fight on.
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DELTONA, Fla. - A sinkhole opened beneath a road in central Florida on Saturday, swallowing four lanes of pavement and forcing the evacuation of 20 homes.  Officials had been watching the hole since Monday after noticing collapsed asphalt on a street.
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Dude, nothing will harsh your mellow faster than catching a few tasty waves and running into someone else's trash.  The First Coast Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation is teaming with the city's Clean it Up, Green it Up department Saturday to clean up the beaches.
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By CHRISTINA ABEL  St. Johns County officials have been presented with a tough decision: Cut back the hours that people can drive on the beach by May 1, or lose permission to allow any beach driving at all.
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By Duane Marsteller, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Sep. 6--MANATEE -- 3   DUANE MARSTELLER   Herald Staff Writer   County commissioners and developers began smoothing out their differences over roads Tuesday, but some bumps could still lie ahead.
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By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 23--BILOXI -- Motorists using Interstate 110 near Biloxi are encouraged to drive cautiously as roadwork continues this afternoon.
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By Caren Burmeister  Transportation officials offered potential solutions and funding sources this week to improve transportation across the Beaches and expand bus service for workers travelling to Ponte Vedra Beach.
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By Carl Mario Nudi, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 17--PALMETTO -- Property owners will pay double what they pay now for the city to keep their neighborhood from flooding, if the city commission adopts a new fee schedule at a meeting Monday.
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By Catherine Kozak, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Mar. 5--It was during what some locals called "the summer of the piping plover." Two vehicles were parked on the beach on the south end of Hatteras Island. Nearby, on a pole shoved crookedly in the sand, was a sign: AREA CLOSED.
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By MICHAEL RUBINKAM HAMBURG, Pa. - National Guardsmen towed stranded vehicles from highways and officials toiled to clear roads early Friday following a monster storm that has been blamed for at least 15 deaths.
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A powerful storm moved along the coast Tuesday, causing highway-blocking mudslides, flooding and power outages. Up to a foot of rain was possible in one mountain area.
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By Christina Kent, The Miami Herald  Sep. 21--Hialeah residents within the radius of a water main break that occurred yesterday afternoon along NW 35th Ave. are being advised to boil their drinking water.   Until further notice, residents under the advisory between NW 62nd St.
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By Aubrey Woods, The Tribune, Seymour, Ind.  Mar. 6--HONEYTOWN -- The removal of a barricade led to a motorist driving into high water north of Brownstown on Monday night.  She and her 8-year-old daughter had to be rescued by Hamilton Township volunteer firefighters.
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By Michael Newsom, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb.
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The state has stopped splashing roads with saltwater left over from oil production, at least until it gets results from a laboratory checking the wastewater for contamination, officials said Thursday.
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By MARY HURST  FERNANDINA BEACH - The Florida Department of Transportation says the city has two choices for how the state agency will fix the saltwater intrusion problem in the Egans Creek Greenway south of Jasmine Street: Let the area convert to salt marsh or return it to fresh water.
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The state Health Department is discouraging swimming and surfing at the Atlantic Beach Club Beach in Middletown, Easton's Beach in Newport and Scarborough State Beach North and South in Narragansett.