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When Hurricane Milton made its way through Florida's coast last year, a crane collapsed onto a building in Downtown St. Petersburg. Several months later, the building still looks the same.
Now, city leaders are discussing ways to prevent that from happening ever again.
"There could be a notice given — whatever that radius is — that says there is a construction project that is going to be happening that is X amount of yard from your property that could possibly kill you," Councilmember Gina Driscoll said.
Luckily, no one was injured when the crane went into the building after Milton, but it was a topic of discussion at Thursday's Public Services and Infrastructure Committee meeting.
"Busting through the Times building. What if it was the Princess Martha? What if it was a residential building?" Driscoll said.
City leaders discussed how to make residents living nearby a crane more aware. Some options included sending out notifications earlier or more often.
People like Paul Corce, who has lived nearby a crane, is glad this is a focus.
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