DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — After more than a year since being destroyed during Hurricanes Ian and Nicole, much needed repairs will soon begin at multiple beach walkovers and ramps in Daytona beach.
City leaders said the work at more than a dozen areas will take most of the year to complete.
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Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry said he feels resident’s frustration but added in the year since the storm, supplies and labor have been hard to come by.
“It is long overdue. But storms are a nightmare on the beach. So, we are glad to be getting over this nightmare,” said Mayor Henry.
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He said the city’s first priority was finishing work on the pier which was closed to the public for about 300 days and only just reopened in July.
Those repairs were roughly $1.6 million and were reimbursable by FEMA.
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“There was a huge hole there and that took the longest amount of time but once that was one, then we could begin work on the others,” said Henry.
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