Gov. Rick Scott vetoes more than $10 million in Palm Beach County projects

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| Filed in: 2017 bills, George Bennett, Rick Scott

Florida Gov. Rick Scott vetoed more than $400 million worth of statewide projects, including more than $10 million in Palm Beach County.

To free up money for  a budget deal that boosts spending for schools and tourism and business incentives, Florida Gov. Rick Scott used his veto pen today to nix more than $10 million worth of projects in Palm Beach County.

The local vetoes are part of more than $400 million that Scott used his line-item veto authority to cut from the $83 billion budget approved by state lawmakers last month.

Click here for a complete statewide veto list.

Scott’s Palm Beach County vetoes include:

• $5.3 million for Florida Atlantic University. Scott vetoed $2 million for a “drug discovery and translation research partnership” with The Scripps Research Institute, $1.2 million for an FAU “Tech Runway,” $1.1 million for a Max Planck scientific fellowship program and $1 million for the FAU Honors College.

• $3 million for Lake Worth Park of Commerce improvements.

• $475,000 for Royal Palm Beach Canal System rehabilitation project.

• $400,000 for Riviera Beach.

• $350,000 for an African American history museum at Historic Roosevelt High School in West Palm Beach.

• $300,000 for the Palm Beach Zoo for a safety and preparedness program.

• $200,000 for Palm Beach County libraries for CreationStation digital learning labs.

• $200,000 for Palm Beach State College for an Institute on Ethics.