Brevard Commissioners agreed last week to pay a $ 130 million upgrade to the Merritt Island Water Treatment Plant to process the increase in demand from the commercial space industry.
Space Florida has pursued a significant expansion of wastewatering capacity in the merit Island Cyix Creak Processing Plant, and the county requires the factory to process 300,000 gallons per day by 2027.
When the county authorities expressed concern about how the improvement of last year would be paid, the Space Florida could be dangerous if the transaction was not attacked. I wrote a letter that suggests.
Committee members in the district, including the Kennedy Space Center, felt that the county taxpayers were under pressure to undertake the cost of making a bill in the private space industry. “I’m very worried who pays for it. This should not be on the back of the people on the merit,” she said.
But this week, both sides have been reconciled.
On Tuesday, the Board of Directors unanimously proceeded with a donation of Florida to donate $ 130 million to upgrades, but it is still subject to the Florida space.
Space Florida: There are resources
Florida’s President Rob Long has expressed his desire to cooperate with the county to provide funds to expand the Merit Island Factory to prepare for an increase in the number of years.
“I understand that the expansion of Sykes Creek WWTP may be useful for short -term growth. I would like to pursue options to support such extensions.” I wrote it to the committee this month.
At a meeting on Tuesday, a vice president in the external relationship with Florida’s Dale Ketchham stated that the price tag could cooperate with his organization.
“That’s exactly what we wanted,” Keccham said. “We have resources. Talahasie and Washington are very worried that this will happen because this is a national order to keep growing the cape.”
“The fact that the federal government has not caught up to respond to commercial growth is a matter of everyone. I don’t think anyone will expect it to bloom as it has,” he added. Ta.
Taddo Altmann asked Kecham about the possibility that NASA headquarters could move from Washington DC to Brevard County. Altman raised concerns that if such a movement occurred, the needs of cape infrastructure could increase further.
“We were able to respond to it,” Keccham said. “We can adjust it. We are pursuing it. We even watched the progress of the governor.
“This is a problem that can be managed,” said Keccham.
Commissioner Tom Goodson has questioned the reason why SPACEX and Blue Origin leaders, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, have not taken any more direct action on the public infrastructure projects that directly bring interest in profit. ใ
“You have the most wealthy man in the world, can they build their own sewer?”
Keccham and Space Florida have repeatedly stated that both federal and state governments are prioritized.
If Space Florida accepts the proposal, a final contract that may include further accidental events will come before the county committee committee in the latter half of this year, for public discussions and voting.
Tyler Basket is today, Brevard County in Florida and North Brevard Watch Dog Reporter. Please contact Vazquez of 321-480-0854 or TVazquez@floridatoday.com
