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When will the South Tampa flood relief project begin?
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Right now, residents of a South Tampa neighborhood prone to flooding say the city needs to do more. With the rain we saw recently, main roads were left impassable.
The daily summer showers are just around the corner. The people who live off of Manhattan Avenue say they have to plan their day around that rain because the roads here flood so severely.
Earlier in the week, the streets were flooded at least halfway up to tires as cars tried to move through.
"Flooding is horrible overall. Whenever it rains any day, water just sits, especially on Manhattan, which is right over there," Anna Bakos said.
Bakos has been living in South Tampa for two years. If she had known how problematic the flooding was, she would have bought elsewhere.
"I hate leaving my house when it's pouring rain, although I have to do it," Bakos said. "I have to do it for school pickup and I dread doing it because I get nervous driving on the roads. I get nervous that I'm not going to be able to see that a car is going to come at me when they're going on the opposite side of the road."
MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/south-tampa-flood-relief-projects-begin/67-62ba54db-a94c-4684-9812-aff969b53b96
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