{"id":253654,"date":"2026-05-01T09:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253654\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T09:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:02:16","slug":"st-lucie-county-to-host-public-meeting-on-tilton-road-drainage-project-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253654\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Lucie County to host public meeting on Tilton Road drainage project"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 St. Lucie County officials will host a public meeting on Wednesday<\/a> evening to update residents on a planned drainage project aimed at addressing ongoing flooding concerns in parts of the community.<\/p>\n

The meeting will focus on the Tilton Road Watershed Phase II Drainage Project, which targets areas in northeast Port St. Lucie where residents have reported persistent standing water and drainage issues.<\/p>\n

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St. Lucie County to host public meeting on Tilton Road drainage project. CBS12’s Paige Meyer previews the meeting. – 7ece5250-a7b1-4206-8534-6be5adb37fea.png<\/p>\n

County Public Works staff and engineers are expected to outline proposed improvements, explain how the project is designed to move stormwater more efficiently, and discuss what residents can expect as construction gets underway later this year.<\/p>\n

The meeting also comes after growing concerns from residents who say flooding problems may be worsening and expanding beyond a single neighborhood, raising questions about development and long-term infrastructure planning.<\/p>\n

See also: Proposed congressional map could change representation for Indian River County<\/a><\/p>\n

People who live here tell CBS12 they\u2019re dealing with more insects and seeing erosion get worse within their community. <\/p>\n

Officials say the session will give residents an opportunity to ask questions and provide input before construction begins.<\/p>\n

The meeting is scheduled for 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Oxbow Eco-Center, located at 5400 NE St. James Drive in Port St. Lucie.<\/p>\n

Residents who cannot attend can contact the county\u2019s Public Works Department <\/a>for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 St. Lucie County officials will host a public meeting on Wednesday evening…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-253654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253654","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=253654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}