ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Living near the water is one of the best parts of calling St. Petersburg home, but keeping that water from spilling into the streets is becoming a tougher challenge.
In response to rising sea levels and more frequent flooding, the city is launching a major new effort to check and fix its shoreline defenses. Officials are calling it the Seawall Master Plan, and they are asking residents to help shape it.
The city owns a massive system of seawalls designed to stop erosion and keep floodwaters at bay. This new plan is about taking a hard look at those walls to see which ones are holding up and which ones are failing. It isn’t just about pouring more concrete, though…