Canal maintenance program up for a vote this summer

Canal maintenance program up for a vote this summer

It’s been 23 years since Longboat Key’s canals were dredged.Now, after years of discussions, tweaks and public meetings, the Town Commission is finally set to vote on a funding mechanism to begin a dredging program.“It’s a program, not a project,” Public Works Director Charlie Mopps has repeated time after time, making the point that canals would continuously be maintained.At its April 6 meeting, the Commission directed town staff to draft an or…