According to Bonilla, the Florida Communities Trust – the state agency tasked with reviewing the plan – said the proposal might technically be considered a “land exchange” application to build a road.

Bonilla said she had conversations and exchanged emails with officials in Tallahassee, and concluded it was filed incorrectly as a “linear facility” application for the road.

In the end, the board voted five-to-two to uphold the approval, with commissioners Maribel Gomez Cordero and Emily Bonilla voting in opposition, the same commissioners who voted against the measure in December.