TAMPA, Fla. — A Tampa homeowner says she is finally getting relief after years of pushing for action on a utility pole placed directly in the middle of her driveway — blocking construction on her nearly rebuilt home.
Sheria Baker has lived at her family’s home on East 21st Avenue since 1976. After her mother passed, the home was passed down to her. Baker began rebuilding it from the ground up, hoping to complete construction and one day leave it for the next generation of her family.
But those plans stalled three years ago when a TECO subcontractor replaced a power pole on the property — and placed the new one in the center of her driveway…