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Last Canal Dredge Plan Meeting Tuesday In Tampa

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By YVETTE C. HAMMETT | The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 15, 2009

TAMPA - Hillsborough County's Public Works Department will host its last public meeting on a proposed canal dredging project that could affect hundreds of waterfront homeowners around the Bay area.

The meeting is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the County Center, 26th floor, Conference Rooms A and B, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd., downtown Tampa.

A public hearing before the county commission will consider adopting an ordinance to set up a municipal service benefits unit for landowners willing to pay to have canals dredged behind their houses to allow better access to Tampa Bay.

The hearing is at 2 p.m. Jan. 22 in the second floor boardroom of the County Center.

The county has held four major public meetings on the canal dredging issue after conducting a two-year study and forming a canal advisory committee made up of 20 interested citizens and representatives of various organizations.

To view the draft ordinance, go to www.hillsboroughcounty.org, and click on "A-Z Index," then "Stormwater Information."

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