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Orlando Heights residents ask city for help as spring‑table lake and berming damage private roads
Summary
Orlando Heights Neighborhood Improvement District leaders told council rising water and a berm on private property have inundated private roads and threatened access; city manager said staff will consult St. Johns River Water Management District and caution residents about altering private property that shifts water to neighbors.
Representatives of the Orlando Heights Neighborhood Improvement District asked the City of DeBary for assistance after a lake in their subdivision has repeatedly flooded private roads and damaged pavement, leaving at least one residence with limited emergency access.
Nut graf: The neighborhood said the lake has swelled following recent hurricane seasons and high groundwater, causing extended standing water that has impaired at least two private road segments; the city manager said staff will coordinate with St. Johns River Water Management District to investigate fill or berming on…
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