ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The community is still pushing for answers on flooding and affordable housing after recent record rainfall inundated neighborhoods.
Neighbors in St. Petersburg questioned Mayor Ken Welch and city staff about their plan to fight sea level rise and stronger storms. It comes with a price tag of more than a billion dollars but it hasn’t stopped the city from thinking big.
The chance to talk face-to-face with Welch and city departments happens a couple of times each year, but tonight was the first since repeated flooding over the past two months…