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Commission backs WCIND dredging and navigability steps for Phillippi Creek; staff to pursue expedited Army Corps permits
Summary
The county approved interlocal and funding steps to allow WCIND to proceed with an initial Phillippi Creek dredging project and to reclassify additional creek reaches for future funding; commissioners stressed urgency after residents said homes flooded repeatedly last season.
After weeks of constituent pressure over repeated floods and clogged channels on Phillippi Creek, the Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously on May 5 to approve interlocal agreements and project steps that will enable dredging work and future funding through WCIND and related programs.
The board approved three consent items related to Phillippi Creek: an interlocal agreement with WCIND to permit a near-term dredging contract from U.S. 41 to the creek mouth; a reclassification request to make an upstream reach eligible for WCIND and other funding; and a later-stage agreement to use WCIND to perform a larger, multi-mile phase of dredging to Beniva. All three…
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