A search for a place for off-roaders to ride remains mired in a lawsuit after South Florida water managers voted Thursday to reject a proposed settlement from Collier County.

The governing board of the South Florida Water Management District, meeting Thursday in West Palm Beach, voted unanimously to reject the county’s proposal and to make an unspecified “alternate proposal” instead.

Under Collier County Commissioner Jim Coletta’s proposal, the district would buy a 375-acre rock mine northwest of Immokalee in Hendry County and turn it into a park for off-road riders. The district rejected that idea on Thursday. 

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