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Residents urge action on infrastructure and safety as commissioners debate traffic and staffing
Summary
Public comment and commissioners' remarks highlighted neighborhood infrastructure failures, school‑time traffic on Flagler, repeated shootings in the historic Northwest and concerns about police captains placed on administrative leave; the commission pledged follow‑up and staff said targeted infrastructure and policing measures are being pursued.
Multiple residents and organization leaders used the public comment period at the Nov. 10 City Commission meeting to press the city on infrastructure, traffic and public safety.
Erica Daley, a long‑time resident of the historic Northwood Harbor District, told commissioners the neighborhood's roads are "almost a 100 years old" and said temporary patches leave recurring sinkholes; she asked why the city would approve another 259 units when current infrastructure is failing. Linda Gross, also a Northwood Harbor resident, urged the commission to redesign traffic routing to take school buses and heavy flows off North Flagler Drive…
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