LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Frustrated Lake Bonny residents and Lakeland city leaders agreed on one thing Monday: the pump to release water from their neighborhoods is not working efficiently enough.
“If it were, the water would be out of the lake,” said Lakeland Mayor Bill Mutz during a lengthy back and forth with residents at Monday’s city commission meeting.
Lemon Bay, area canals littered with debris after storm surge from Hurricane Milton
It has been an issue of contention for Lake Bonny residents since before Hurricane Milton hit.
They said they observed the high lake level this summer…