The Edgewater City Council voted Monday night to pause new development changes citywide in response to flooding that residents say is tied to runoff from new construction.
The one-year moratorium exempts two commercial corridors – along Park Avenue and U.S. 1 – and 11,400 residential units already in the development pipeline.
Edgewater, meanwhile, plans to aggressively tackle stormwater issues. It has hired the engineering consulting firm Jones Edmunds & Associates for $1.2 million to develop a stormwater master plan…