Actually the “dam” is the Tamiami Trail, the “leak” a one-mile bridge that will soon allow water to flow south through the Shark River Valley for the first time in nearly a century. The new bridge is just west of Miami in the Everglades, just east of Coopertown.
“Floridians and Americans can see where the dollars actually go and how this works,” said Eric Eikenberg, director of the Everglades Foundation. “In our view, it’s the most important road project in the U.S Park Service. It’s the lifeblood of Everglades National Park, which is desperate for water.”
