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Residents urge Sarasota County to expand Phillippi Creek dredging after August floods
Summary
Scores of residents at the March 12 Sarasota County Commission meeting urged the board to extend and maintain dredging of Phillippi Creek — including oxbow canals into Southgate and Pinecraft — after summer 2024 flooding damaged homes and infrastructure, while staff said coordination with the West Coast Inland Navigation District is under way.
Scores of homeowners and neighborhood leaders told the Sarasota Board of County Commissioners on March 12 that silted sections of Phillippi Creek and its oxbow canals must be dredged and kept clear to prevent repeat flooding.
"Our garage was flooded to 4 and a half inches. If the water had been a half inch higher, the whole house would have been inundated," said Anthony Weiner, who lives on Tanglewood Drive, speaking during the meeting's public-comment period. Neighbors and community groups followed with similar accounts of damaged possessions, stranded residents and prolonged displacement.
Nadia Bowen, representing the Southgate Community Association, said the association represents more than 2,000 homes and asked the county to include Southgate’s oxbow canals and extend the dredging plan at least to…
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