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A water main leak has Florida Keys officials asking all residents and visitors to limit their water use on what is expected to be a busy three-day tourism weekend.
Additional soil contamination near the site of the planned workforce housing development on College Road has further delayed the start of construction on the affordable rental complex.
A new, small area of pesticide-contaminated soil on city-owned land off College Road on Stock Island needs to be removed before the Florida Department of Environmental Protection will give the go-ahead for construction to begin. The location of the polluted soil is a parcel adjacent to the planned housing complex currently rented by the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority. It should be removed sometime next week, according to Steve McAlearney, city engineering director.
âItâs very small, a few truckloads [of contaminated soil], if that,â he said.
The appointment of former water management district chairman John Miklos to the UCF board of trustees is yet another sign that too much power over political appointments rests in the hands of governors rather than local elected officials.