KISSIMMEE, Fla.,None — Some residents who live in a peaceful downtown neighborhood are fed up with a nasty smell that comes from a sewage lift station right next to their homes.
"Everyone knows waterfront property should be top notch," resident Bernie Kain said. "I don't think we have that now."
Neighbors along Lakeshore Boulevard told WFTV they have dealt with the horrible smell in their Kissimmee neighborhood for the past 20 years. It gets worse when the wind blows, they said.
"It's the most offensive odor a man smells. Rotting cabbage. Sulfur. Eggs," resident Dennis Jackson said.
Some neighbors called the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection to complain about the smell.
Toho Water Authority operates the lift station. Raw sewage is pumped through it as it continues to another facility.
Workers were fixing the station on Saturday. They will install a concrete wall around some of its parts to try to stop the smell. The construction work is expected to take several months.
"They're working on it. It'll get resolved," Kissimmee City Commissioner Jerry Gemskie told WFTV.
Neighbors said relief cannot come soon enough.
"We're very satisfied with the action we're getting now," Jackson said.
Workers were fixing the station on Saturday. They will install a concrete wall around some of its parts to try to stop the smell. The construction work is expected to take several months.
"They're working on it. It'll get resolved," Kissimmee City Commissioner Jerry Gemskie told WFTV.
Neighbors said relief cannot come soon enough.
"We're very satisfied with the action we're getting now," Jackson said.
WFTV
