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Pasco commissioners adopt stormwater master plan after residents press for Green Key drainage fixes
Summary
After months of public complaints about chronic flooding on Green Key Road, Pasco County commissioners approved a stormwater master-plan update and a ranked list of 15 priority projects and directed staff to return with funding analysis and next steps.
Pasco County commissioners approved an updated stormwater master plan and a ranked list of 15 priority projects after residents and civic speakers pressed officials to act on chronic flooding in the Green Key neighborhood and other coastal areas.
The plan's adoption followed public comment from multiple Green Key residents who said local drainage and infrastructure failures leave streets and properties inundated after even modest rain events. “Chronic flooding for decades rainy season and high tides,” resident Cheryl Orchard said, reading a prepared summary of the neighborhood's history. “The current drainage system is causing property flooding, even small rain events, leaving properties inundated for days.”
County public-works staff and the consultant team told the board the master plan catalogs 141 stormwater projects across Pasco County, scores and ranks them by a mix of…
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