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Riviera Beach residents ask city to halt canal work they say is undermining easement foundations
Summary
Residents near the canal on R Avenue and Blue Heron told the Riviera Beach City Council the excavation has removed the five-foot easement under backyards and vibrated adjacent houses; the city manager said he received an email about the encroachment and will inspect the site and may stop work.
Dozens of homeowners along a Riviera Beach canal told the City Council they want an immediate stop-work order after contractors excavated beneath a five-foot utility easement behind homes, causing vibration and what residents described as foundation damage. The residents said the work has removed earth under the easement that runs behind houses on R Avenue and Blue Heron, producing “vibration coming through our homes” and visible excavation that they fear will cause irreversible property damage. “They started working down…
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