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Residents urge fast repairs to South Gulf Cove boat ramp as hurricane season nears
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Dozens of South Gulf Cove residents told the Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners on April 8 that the public boat ramp at South Gulf Cove must be repaired or given a safe temporary fix before hurricane season.
Dozens of South Gulf Cove residents told the Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners on April 8 that the public boat ramp at South Gulf Cove must be repaired or given a safe temporary fix before hurricane season begins.
Residents said the ramp is essential for evacuating boats required by insurance policies and for preventing derelict vessels and environmental damage if storms arrive. Several speakers urged the county to apply for an expedited Army Corps of Engineers emergency permit deadline they said was April 14 and to use available local funding if federal aid will take too long.
The county’s community services director, Tommy Scott, told the board the county has not yet found the project automatically eligible for the Corps’ emergency permitting because the federal criteria are narrow; county experience is that the Corps often does not…
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