SANFORD, Fla. – Long-awaited repairs to Sanford’s marina could finally be made, three years after Hurricane Ian flooded the Riverwalk and damaged docks.

Monday night, the city commission is poised to approve a contract to start the design and permitting work. News 6 spoke with Mayor Art Woodruff, who called it a “big milestone.”

“It’s a key part of our downtown. It’s a huge economic driver. It’s a recreational driver,” said Mayor Woodruff. “It’s not like we’ve been sitting around, you know, wanting something to happen and not working for it. We’ve been working towards this since the storm.”

Since 2022, the city has been trying to get FEMA to reimburse them for the damage done to the marina by Hurricane Ian . But in March, News 6 learned from staff that the tone of recent meetings the

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