{"id":231917,"date":"2026-04-14T22:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/231917\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T22:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:44:23","slug":"new-stormwater-lift-station-is-introduced-as-officials-observe-3-year-anniversary-of-historic-floods-in-fort-lauderdale-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/231917\/","title":{"rendered":"New stormwater lift station is introduced as officials observe 3-year anniversary of historic floods in Fort Lauderdale &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; A few days after the third anniversary of a <a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/miami-dade\/severe-weather-leads-to-flash-flood-emergency-in-broward-fll-closure-tornado-warnings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">2023 historic flood<\/a> that devastated hundreds of homes across the city, a new stormwater lift station was installed in Fort Lauderdale.<\/p>\n<p>The station was opened during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt reflects a vision of our future,\u201d said Rickelle Williams, the city manager of Fort Lauderdale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we know where the water will move out of the area, have it recede faster where we don\u2019t have the high level of flooding in the area, no standing water,\u201d said District 3 Commissioner Pam Beasley-Pittman.<\/p>\n<p>The standing water will be pulled by the facility from the Durrs and Dorsey Riverbend\u00a0neighborhoods to the new river. Many neighborhoods affected by the floods now hope the pump will make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never seen so much water in my life,\u201d said Dorsey Riverbend resident Zachary Bailey. \u201cWe are hoping it will give us some relief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But even with this completed project \u2013 one of many in the $600 million effort to fortify the city against flooding- many residents still have that fear of reliving the scary incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBad dreams get less scary over time,\u201d said Kitty McGowan.<\/p>\n<p>McGowan and her neighbors in Edgewood were among those hit the hardest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people left, a lot of people just said, \u2018You know, I don\u2019t want to deal with this,&#8217;\u201d said McGowan.<\/p>\n<p>Many of those who stayed are currently still waiting for their cut of $88 million in federal relief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to be hopeful depending on how they set up the parameters, because they are still people who have unfinished,\u201d she said. \u201cThe city is definitely trying. We\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the flooding fixes continue ahead of the rainy season, only time will tell if the station will make an impact.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; A few days after the third anniversary of a 2023 historic flood that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-231917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}