Pricey Palm Trees

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MEDICAL FACILITY AS A PRECAUTION, BUT TROOPERS SAY HE SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. TONIGHT A NEWS 6 INVESTIGATION. IS THE STATE OF FLORIDA WASTING TAXPAYER MONEY ON EXPENSIVE PALM TREES? Matt: THE SPECIAL HAND TREES ARE GOING UP AT ALMOST EVERY MAJOR ROAD BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION JOB IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. SEVERAL OF THEM PRICE AS MUCH AS 20 TIMES WHAT A LOCAL HAND TREE PRICES. NEWS 6 REPORTER ERIK von ANCKEN IS ACQUIRING OUTCOMES, ASKING THE DIVISION OF TRANSPORT, IS THIS REALLY A GOOD USE YOUR MONEY? Reporter: TAKE A DRIVE OVER THE NEW 1792 OVERPASS, CONNECTING CASSELBERRY TO MAITLAND, AND YOU'' LL PROBABLY NOTIFICATION TREE AFTER TREE.THEY WERE SIMPLY PUT IN OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS. DELAY, DID YOU NOTICE WHAT KIND OF TREES THESE ARE? WHEN YOU OPEN UP THE CANOPY, IT ' S GOING TO EXPAND TO BE'10, 12 FEET WIDE AS WELL AS IT WILL CERTAINLY BE STUNNING. Press reporter: HE ' S An EXPERT LANDSCAPING COMPANY. WHAT DOES A TREE LIKE THAT COST? IT ' S CONCERNING A 10 FOOT TREE', IT COSTS TYPICALLY ABOUT$ 2500. Reporter: THE ONE NEARBY, THE CABBAGE HAND, THE ONE YOU SEE ALL OVER FLORIDA, IS A FRACTION OF THE PRICE. 10 TIMES, PERHAPS 20 TIMES CHEAPER? THAT'' S CORRECT. IT DOESN'' T LOOK AS GOOD. Reporter: POSSIBLY THE OTHER TAKES A LOOK YOU'' RE TRYING TO DEVELOP AS A LANDSCAPE DESIGNER. WHICH IS WHAT? AN ATTRACTIVE PORTAL TO YOUR CITY. Reporter: THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR ITS COMPONENT STATES THE LEGISLATURE COMPELS FDOT TO INVEST MONEY ON LANDSCAPING, 1.5% OF THE PRICES OF ALL ROAD PROJECTS.AN WALKWAYS THAT SET YOU BACK$21 MILLION TO BUILD, ALMOST$ 600,000 OF THAT PAID FOR SPRINKLERS, BUSHES AS WELL AS, YES, EXPENSIVE PALM TREES. IT ' S A WASTE OF CASH. IT IS. IT'' S A WASTE OF MONEY. Press reporter: HE ONLY HAS A SAY IN THE TREE HE PLANTS. HE'' S ALSO A LANDSCAPING COMPANY. THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE AN EXPENSIVE FLASHY TREE STILL LOOK THIS WAY, WEEKS AND ALSO MONTHS AND ALSO EVEN YEARS LATER IS TO CARE FOR IT AS WELL AS THAT PRICES CASH, TOO. Reporter: IT RESEMBLES NOBODY TOOK CARE OF IT.NOBODY HAS

TAKEN CARE OF THIS. Press reporter: CASH SOME COUNTIES AS WELL AS CITIES CLEARLY DON'' T HAVE OR A MINIMUM OF WON ' T SPEND. YOUR OBSERVATION REGARDING UPKEEP BEING ESSENTIAL IS RIGHT ON TARGET. IT'' S SOMETHING WHERE YOU DESIRED TO, WITH YOUR JOINT ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE CITIES OR COUNTIES IF THEY'' RE KEEPING IT, YOU REQUIRED TO REMAIN. THE CASH SHOULD HAVE MOSTED LIKELY TO COLLEGES, OUGHT TO HAVE MOSTED LIKELY TO THE HOMELESS, TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED. Reporter: FDOT CONFESSES EVEN IF THEY ARE FORCED TO SPEND THAT 1.5% ON LANDSCAPING, THEY DON'' T HAVE TO ACQUIRE THE PRICEY TREES. THEY COULD BUY THESE INSTEAD, LOTS, MUCH MORE OF THEM. Press reporter: HE ' S A PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPING COMPANY. IT ' S A WASTE OF CASH. IT'' S A WASTE OF CASH. HE'' S ALSO A LANDSCAPING COMPANY. Reporter: MONEY SOME COUNTIES AND CITIES CLEARLY DON'' T HAVE OR AT LEAST WON ' T SPEND.

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