ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Resilient St. Pete Resident Task Force will tour Southside neighborhoods on Saturday to hear directly from residents about problem areas.
“The citizens are the expert on the ground. That’s their neighborhoods they’ve seen and they know what’s going on there,” said Claude Tankersley, Public Works Administrator. “We’re bringing in the engineers who understand stormwater and flooding so that the two can talk to each other. So we can come up with some solutions.”
The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council and the City teamed up to create the flood task force, which will tour Bartlett Park, Harbordale, Bonita Bayou and Coquina Key. The group’s first tour was in Shore Acres and Riviera Bay last Saturday…