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Vero Beach flooding on Ocean Drive threatens businesses as city says fix could cost millions

Vero Beach flooding on Ocean Drive threatens businesses as city says fix could cost millions
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Repeated flooding on Ocean Drive in Vero Beach is raising concerns among business owners, and the city says a permanent fix could cost millions of dollars and take years to complete. Wednesday's storm flooded the street so severely that water reached knee height in the middle of the road, according to Lee Olsen, general manager at Waldo's

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