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Judge rules against Miccosukee in Glades bridge work dispute
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Published: June 18, 2009
MIAMI - A federal judge in Miami has lifted an injunction that prevented the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from building a 1-mile bridge on a road through the Everglades.
The corps says the bridge is needed to help restore the Everglades' natural water flow. The work was challenged by the Miccosukee Indian tribe, whose members consider the Everglades their ancestral home.
U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro dismissed the case Tuesday and lifted her injunction. She cited the 2009 Omnibus Act, in which Congress funded and ordered construction of the bridge. The judge said she no longer has jurisdiction.
The project is part of a multibillion-dollar plan to restore the Everglades.
The Miccosukee plan to appeal.
The Associated Press
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