 MOST EXPENSIVE PROJECT PROPOSALS Palm Beach Post -- Sunday, April 22, 2001 The list below shows the most expensive member projects proposed in the House and Senate budgets, respectively. Florida House Lawmaker County/Member Project Amount Lacasa Miami-Dade Metro mass transit $20,000,000 * Leon FSU - Medical school building $15,000,000 Feeney Orange UCF School of Hospitality Management $13,000,000 Machek Palm Beach Lake Okeechobee restoration $10,000,000 * Palm Beach Florida Hwy Patrol Troop K headquarters $7,355,250 Lynn Volusia Daytona Beach street improvements $5,790,000 * Duval Florida Comm. College at Jacksonville $5,241,371 Harrell St. Lucie UF Aquaculture research $4,600,000 * Leon FSU - Tibbals Learning Center $4,500,274 McGriff Alachua UF - Lepidoptera facility $4,200,000 Ball Brevard Indian River Lagoon Initiative $4,000,000 Murman Hillsborough USF - Nursing building $3,400,000 Lynn Volusia Daytona Beach CC Adv Tech Center $3,200,000 Richardson Leon FAMU - Law school building $3,000,000 Lacasa Miami-Dade FIU - Law school building $3,000,000 Florida Senate Legislator County/Member Project Amount Constantine Seminole St. Johns River Basin Initiative $9,000,000 Pruitt Palm Beach Lake Okeechobee restoration $7,500,000 King Flagler UF - Whitney Lab $6,895,000 McKay Sarasota FSU museum addition (Sarasota) $6,000,000 Silver Miami-Dade Biscayne Bay restoration $6,000,000 Horne Duval Florida Community College, Jacksonville $5,241,371 Webster Orange Mental illness services $5,024,008 Horne Nassau South Amelia Island State Park $5,001,754 Smith Alachua UF - Genetics Institute $5,000,000 Smith Alachua UF - Autoimmune Center $5,000,000 Horne Duval Lower St. Johns River restoration $4,500,000 Bronson Brevard Indian River Lagoon Initiative $4,500,000 Mitchell Nassau Callahan Wastewater Treatment Facility $4,480,000 * * College Fast Start $4,000,000 Silver Miami-Dade Residential care pilot project $4,000,000 * Lawmaker's identity unavailable Sources: House, Senate proposed budgets, Palm Beach Post analysis Copyright (c) 2001, The Palm Beach Post |