Neighbors say their yards have flooded in Wakulla Gardens after rain storms. Some have expressed concerns about the septic-to-sewer project happening in the Wakulla Gardens neighborhood. Watch the video to find out what neighbors are saying and how county leaders are taking action.

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The destruction thats going on right now is just too much

Im Kenzie Krueger in Crawfordville, and Ive been keeping up with this project since the beginning. Now Im hearing from concerned neighbors.

Ive never had it flood here in all the years Ive been here and people whove lived here 20 years or even since the 80s say its never flooded like this Ive never seen it.

Matthew Trenary lives in Wakulla Gardens and says when the project started his entire yard has been flooded. This was his yard after it rained. The project is designed to remove all wastewater discharges from running off into the Wakulla Springs Basin.

Now the construction has neighbors concerned about their homes.

I have to where sandals on wear shirts, waddle through the water and get in the truck.

When I asked the county about the concerns neighbors shared with they responded saying

“The Wakulla Gardens Phase 3 project is currently 95% complete. The contractor is actively grading lime rock in preparation for paving. Initially, we anticipated being about two weeks away from completion; however, recent excessive rainfall has delayed this timeline.

In addition, Wakulla Gardens Phase 4 is approximately 50% complete, with an estimated six months remaining until the project is finished. Magnolia Gardens Phase 4 and Wakulla Gardens Phase 6 are both around 20% complete, with an estimated nine to ten months left until completion.

County leadership is actively meeting with the engineers and contractors to address issues related to excessive rainfall affecting project areas.”

But for some neighbors living in the Gardens believe something needs to be done before the flooding gets worse. He needs to fix it instead of telling all of us Im two weeks were gonna do this and were gonna do that, its not helping us.

Leah Shealey lives in the gardens with her mom and says they worry their home will flood during the rainy season.

The other day when we had a rain it was only a 20 minute rain, but it came in through the back patio and the water leaked into our garage about 5 feet and 4 inches deep and it almost made it through the front door.

Shealey says shes reported these concerns since the start of the project. Ive sent pictures and I got in touch with you. Were trying to do everything we can to do this the right way in the correct way.

Both neighbors just want to see it get fixed.

I dont know how they intend on repairing it I just hope they can repair it.

Neighbors say theyre continuing to contact county leaders about this in hopes for a quicker solution.