Florida Inland Navigation District executive director Janet Zimmerman drove up to Vero from Jupiter last week to meet with residents upset about a dredge material storage site FIND plans to build next door to Provence Bay condominiums.
As Vero Beach 32963 reported in November, Provence Bay residents were angry and fearful when they found out last fall about FIND’s plan to store as much as 163,000 cubic yards of muck dredged from the Indian River Lagoon in a massive earthen structure 100 feet from their property line.
Homeowners said they feared construction noise and dust, foul smells from the muck FIND plans to remove from the Intracoastal Waterway, toxic material, flooding, swarms of mosquitoes due to standing water, and reduced property values…