ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Florida lawmakers have proposed spending $200 million to clean up and close the wastewater reservoir that triggered evacuations of homes and businesses amid fears it would burst open and cause massive flooding.
But it was not immediately clear how officials plan to tackle the huge engineering challenge. The state Senate president, Republican Wilton Simpson, said a legislative committee on Wednesday will take up an amendment to use federal money for the project.
Its sponsor is Sen. Jim Boyd, a Republican from Bradenton where the Piney Point reservoir is located. [TRENDING: Women attacked at Orlando attraction | Catastrophic flood threat at leaking wastewater plant | 50 shots fired in neighborhood] “This has been a