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Tortoises slow parkway construction

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    Burrowed reptiles must be carefully removed in Florida

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May look like just a really cute turtle but it's an actually a gopher tortoise and it's up threatened species in the state of Florida so.

In order to get rid of these things to build a look at a parkway soon cost you the told -- and you the taxpayer.

More than a 100000 dollars.

-- process can be painstakingly slow we watch or an -- is the -- -- -- dig.

That might DiNardo shop at peace pipe that's in the way that -- -- -- sources from him armed and they basically heavy lifting Viles is in there -- -- out gets close.

Of course Viles has also -- -- show.

We ask the engineer why should people care about these tortoises tortoises are very important city county Florida that provide home -- refuge for.

Over 300 since -- -- tortoise that has dug out of these -- anywhere from twenty to 35 feet deep.

That could be as high as a thousand bucks a pop for the taxpayer or told Payer there are rules and -- is as far as handling wildlife and out.

You know if you're gonna build a road you have to follow that that's part of the game.

And and so that cost is built into.

Building a real threatened gopher tortoises love the high ground and that's right where the one point six billion dollar cut apparently you know.

Engineers have already brought 41 of the -- is out the ground here they believe they may find a 150.

They have to relocate.

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