Environmentalists cite a new reason feds should reject road through Serenova: $150 million price tag

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Serenova. By Daniel Oines (Flickr CC BY 2.0).

Environmentalists are hoping to save a wilderness preserve in Pasco County from being bisected by a new road; and now that the county’s budget has come out, supporters of the Serenova preserve say they plan to ask the feds to deny permitting because the cost estimate for the Ridge Road Extension has nearly doubled.

WMNF interviewed Dan Rametta, with the Sierra Club’s Save Our Serenova coalition.

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