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Winter Springs residents press city over Willow Lake design; staff says new control structure will move forward
Summary
Residents urged dredging and questioned a proposed control structure for Willow Lake after flooding during Hurricane Ian; public works director and staff defended a Pegasus-designed structure, said funding delayed construction to FY26, and set a pond‑maintenance meeting for February 9.
Residents who live on Willow Lake told the Winter Springs City Commission that recent changes to the lake’s weir and decades of sediment accumulation have increased flood risk and reduced water depth, and they urged dredging and clearer engineering analyses.
"It needs to be dredged," said Mike Bouch, who told the commission he has lived on the lake for 40 years and described several feet of muck at the south end. Arun Joshi, another long-term resident, said he could not find calculations in the packet showing how the…
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