Flooded homes could become a thing of the past in Lochmoor Waterway Estates, which saw significant storm surge during recent hurricanes. On a drive through the neighborhood, you could see homes getting lifted to avoid future flooding.
As Fox 4’s North Fort Myers Community Correspondent, I work in this area daily, so I talked to the company doing the lifts to show you the process.
Watch my report here…
RISING ABOVE: Lochmoor Waterway Estates residents lift homes to fight flooding
In drone footage a neighbor sent me, you could see what the neighborhood looked like during Hurricane Milton – streets underwater, with surge seeping into homes. I met Dick Marting after his house took on two feet of water during Helene, only to be flooded again by Milton just ten days later.
Face with rebuilding, he said he had three options. “The house either needed to be torn down and rebuilt. Or, sell it as is as a house that flooded and probably take a lesser amount because someone else is going to tear it down. Or, decide to lift it which was the third option, and that’s what we decided to do,” said Marting.