[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 113 (Friday, July 24, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1914]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                         HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 23, 2009

  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the 
Republican Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the 
following information regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 
3288, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.
  I received one project in H.R. 3288.
  $750,000 for the Lake County Board of Commissioners located at 315 
West Main St., P.O. Box 7800, Tavares, FL 32778. This funding is for 
the replacement of the Lakeshore Drive/Palatlakaha Bridge located over 
the Palatlakaha River at Lake Minnehaha in Lake County. It is a 
reinforced concrete structure, 185 feet long in five spans, and 
constructed in 1962. The bridge is functionally obsolete with two 12 
foot travel lanes and no walkways or bicycle facilities.
  The replacement of the Lakeshore Drive/Palatlakaha Bridge will 
improve the safety of movement of goods. Additionally, it will enhance 
and create economic benefits in the terms of movement of goods and 
services on Lakeshore Drive by allowing improved access to US 27, which 
is a Strategic Intermodal System. The project will also enhance the 
evacuation routes in and out of the Central Florida Region.

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