Case Name: Albert LEEBERG, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-07-24
Citations: 714 So. 2d 1159
Docket Number: No. 97-3420
Parties: Albert LEEBERG, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.
Judges: THOMPSON and ANTOON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 714
Pages: 1159–1160

Head Matter:
Albert LEEBERG, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.
No. 97-3420.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
July 24, 1998.
Jerri A. Blair of Blair & Reid, Tavares, for Appellant.
Pamela S. Leslie, General Counsel, and Vanee W. Kidder, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Transportation, for Appellee.

Opinion:
COBB, Judge.
We affirm the order of taking on the authority of City of Jacksonville v. Griffin, 346 So.2d 988 (Fla.1977). Pasco County v. Franzel, 569 So.2d 877 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990) and Florida Power Corp. v. Gulf Ridge Council, 385 So.2d 1155 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980) are distinguishable on the bases that in this case DOT undertook extensive studies of the drainage issue and adduced substantial competent evidence that the drainage sites it selected were the most reasonable based on economies as well as the drainage pattern in the area. DOT's failure to take into consideration concerns and objections of local government entities does not, of itself, preclude the taking of the appellant's property. See City of Dania v. Broward County, 658 So.2d 168 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995).
AFFIRMED.
THOMPSON and ANTOON, JJ., concur.
. There is no indication that the drainage sites violate local government comprehensive plans which were in effect when the taking proceedings were instituted. See § 339.155(2)(£), Fla. Stat.