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KOEHN AND BIG PINE SHORES ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UNDERWAY

The Koehn and Big Pine Shores Roadway and Drainage Improvements project on Big Pine Key is underway. It includes culvert drainage installation, milling, overlaying existing road surfaces with asphalt concrete pavement, regrading roadway shoulders as drain...

COUNTY AND PARTNERS REMOVE 80 DERELICT VESSELS FROM KEYS WATERS IN 2021

Monroe County’s Marine Resources Derelict Vessel Program removes an average of 60 derelict vessels each year in partnership with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Division of Law Enforcement and pre-qualified marine con...

KEY LARGO ROCK HARBOR CANAL #84 RESTORATION PROJECT UNDERWAY THROUGH MARCH 2022

Monroe County is underway with its water quality improvement and restoration project on canal #84 in Rock Harbor in Key Largo. The work includes organic material removal and backfill of the deeper areas and is funded by a Florida Department of Environment...

STILLWRIGHT POINT & TWIN LAKES NEIGHBORHOODS INCLUDED IN STATEWIDE RESILIENCE PLAN

The Dept. of Environmental Protection announced Tuesday two Key Largo neighborhood flood mitigation projects for more than $5 million in funding have been included in the state’s first-ever Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise and Resilience Pl...

VOLUNTARY HOME BUYOUT PROGRAM REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Monroe County extended the registration deadline for the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery Voluntary Home Buyout Program until further notice. Property owners who qualify for the program will receive market value for their property.

After...

MONROE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM AWARDED $975,000 GRANT FOR TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES

The Monroe County Public Library system was awarded a record-breaking American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant for $975,469. This is the greatest amount awarded to a Florida library and the highest ever bestowed to Monroe's libraries. The 100 percen...

COMMISSIONER RASCHEIN APPOINTED POLICY LEADER OF TWO FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES COMMITTEES

Monroe County Commissioner Holly Merrill Raschein received a mid-year appointment as a Policy Leader on the Presidential Select Committee on Preemption and on the Water and Environmental Sustainability (WES) Committee.

The Presidential Select Committee on ...

MONROE COUNTY ANNOUNCES MARINA PUMP-OUT OUTFITTING PROGRAM TO HELP LOCAL MARINA OWNERS

The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners approved the Marina Pump-Out Outfitting Program (MPOOP) at today’s regularly scheduled meeting to reduce pollutant discharges from liveaboard vessels by expanding the number and use of sewage pump-out facili...