By: Richard Westlund, Treasure Coast Newspapers
Far from the Treasure Coast’s beaches and commercial corridors, one of Florida’s largest construction projects is underway.
The $765 million multi-phase water management project near Indiantown in Martin County is designed to protect the ecologically fragile St. Lucie Estuary. Construction costs alone account for $392 million, with land acquisition, engineering, planning and other project costs making up the balance…