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Resident describes weeks-long delay clearing tree on power line; mayor offers follow-up
Summary
A Deltona resident told the mayor at a public town-hall meeting that a fallen tree landed on a power line and remained in her yard for weeks while she was routed among FPL, Duke and city and county offices. The mayor said staff would follow up and asked the resident to share contact information.
Lisa Green, a Deltona resident and disabled veteran, told the mayor at a city town-hall meeting that a tree fell into her yard during last year’s storms and landed on a power line, and that she spent weeks being transferred among Florida Power & Light, Duke Energy and local governments before crews cleared the site.
"I finally call FPL, they give you a ticket, we'll get somebody out there…Within a week, nothing happens," Green said. She said the work that was done later damaged her fence and septic system and that large limbs remain in her backyard. "I…
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