Broward commission OK's Monarch Hill dump to rise higher than Statue of Liberty
By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org
In a split 5-3 vote, the Broward County Commission Tuesday approved Waste Management’s request to increase the allowable height of its already mountainous Monarch Hill dump astride Florida’s Turnpike another 10 stories.
The highly controversial decision, sponsored by Broward Mayor Beam Furr, specifically raised the maximum height for landfills in Broward from 125 to 325 feet. Monarch Hill, opened in 1965 when the area was sparsely populated, is already nearly 225 feet high due to past variances. Another 10 stories would make its final height 20 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty.
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