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Premier project drags, but $30 million will be spent on a veterans' memorial park.

“Not until just now,” she stated. Especially peeved was Franklin Moss. The 61-year-old homeowner moved into the new Artisan Lakes development a quarter mile down the road near Palmetto last year. Like Ingram, Moss had never heard of the ongoing problems of Piney Point until last week’s massive breach. “We’re right on the borderline of where they had to evacuate everybody,” said Moss. “Am I going to have to get out of here, too? But my main concern right now isn’t so much the flooding but what happens to the wastewater, and getting sick in the aftermath.”

Piney Point Pond: How to Check if You're in Toxic Water's Path With Online Tool On 4/5/21 at 11:12 AM EDT Residents in Manatee County, Florida, were under instructions to evacuate due to a leak at a wastewater pond at Piney Point, a former phosphate plant. Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for the area, and officials warned residents in the evacuation zone that they should leave their homes because of an "imminent uncontrolled release of wastewater." Evacuation orders were expanded on Saturday and about 316 households are within the full evacuation area, according to the Man...

The emergency order follows the closure of parts of U.S. 41 in Manatee and Hillsborough counties and the evacuation of homes and businesses in the area.