HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A serious roadway in Hillsborough County can be closed for the following two months.
On Monday, crews formally began work on a serious part of the “Progress Village Regional Drainage Mission.”
For as much as two months, all lanes of Progress Boulevard can be closed from South 78th Road to South eighty fifth Road.
“It is ridiculous,” mentioned Willie MacNeill who lives close by.
Day one of many closure, MacNeill grew extra annoyed as drivers detoured by way of his neighborhood.
“That is an space the place individuals stay, and this isn’t a freeway. Tractor trailers are coming by way of all the things,” MacNeill mentioned.
The venture has been within the planning part for years, however county leaders expedited the venture after final 12 months’s hurricanes.
“The entire avenue was fully flooded. I imply, it was waste deep water,” mentioned neighbor Lydia Rutledge.
Residents say even rainstorms trigger vital flooding they usually consider it is gotten worse lately.
“It is good that they are doing it, however they need to have accomplished it years in the past,” Rutledge mentioned.
Crews are putting in a brand new stormwater drain underneath the highway. The venture additionally consists of the development of a retention pond to assist transfer the water out of the neighborhood.
In line with the county web site, “The drainage venture options a number of measures to enhance stormwater administration within the space. These embody set up of a brand new stormwater drain underneath Progress Boulevard and the related facet streets all through the Progress Village Group; alternative of present drainage inlets and outfalls; and development of a dry stormwater pond within the Archie Creek space south of Endive Avenue and east of South 82nd Road.”
“We made the pipes greater, we now have extra storage, we did one of the best we may,” mentioned Pierre Valles, Mission Supervisor with Hillsborough County.
Within the meantime, county leaders are asking residents to be affected person, saying the inconvenience can be value it.
“Bear with us. We’re acutely aware of this example, and we are going to do what we will to get out of there sooner,” Valles mentioned.
Progress Boulevard is predicted to re-open by early October.
The venture is predicted to be accomplished by subsequent April.
