On rainy days, streets in Inverness Villages 4 become streams of silty, sandy slurry. Each heavy rain also deepens the neighborhood’s canyons, like the one near Karen Johnson’s front yard.
To this day, the sugar sand streets are still unpaved. In some spots the sand is so thick vehicles occasionally get stuck. In other spots, the streets are scarred with deep potholes and fissures.
County Commissioner Holly Davis has tackled a persistent problem that previous boards were loathe to touch – the deplorable state of roads and drainage in Inverness Villages 4 (IV4). Recently
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has cited Van Der Valk Construction, which has been building homes in Inverness Village 4, with five counts of gopher tortoise violations.