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The LaSalle Street pump station is now operational, but several nearby roads are still waiting for drainage upgrades.
A car approaches the flooded intersection at Lasalle Street and San Marco Boulevard during a heavy ran in September, 2024. “Probably every three months or so," said Moses.
Construction is finally underway for the long-awaited Lasalle Street pump station. On Wednesday, the City of Jacksonville, the Public Works Department, Haskell, and A&E Engineering held a ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The LaSalle Street pump station construction is entering phase two in April, which will require a detour for four to six weeks around LaSalle Street and San Marco Boulevard.
The $40 million pump station is supposed to help prevent flooding, but the pump wasn’t working in time for this season’s first storm. Still, city officials said this project is scheduled to ...
Those pumps can handle 7,000 gallons of water a minute, but when the LaSalle Street pump station is operating, it will move 70,000 gallons a minute, city Public Works Director Nina Sickler said.
Both inbound and outbound train traffic on the Rock Island line near the LaSalle Street Station has been halted as a result, Metra said. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are.
Rainy days always bring attention to San Marco – where LaSalle Street and San Marco Boulevard regularly flood with consistent rain. City leaders are optimistic a new pump station will bring ...