Business owners in San Marco managed to prevent stormwater from entering their buildings on Mon., Aug. 5. They also said the Lasalle Street pump station project would have been a big help with the stormwater if it was operational.
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San Marco is known to flood after a hurricane or tropical storm, just like it did on Monday with the heavy rains Debby brought.
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The $40 million pump station is supposed to help prevent flooding, but the pump wasn’t working in time for this season’s first storm. Still , city officials said this project is scheduled to eventually help this area .
Monday’s tropical storm caused flooding on Lasalle Street and San Marco Blvd. Some businesses boarded up their doors to their building and used sandbags to fight the flood.
“We have to tape the doors because when people drive through faster than they should it does create a wake it comes over the curb,” co-owner of the Rusted Shop, Chuck Head said.