Pelican’s Fans Shouldn’t Worry about Sewer Smell Ruining their Ballpark Experience

In the latest edition of The Independent News, Duwayne Escobedo writes about the progress of projects in our area that are in some phase of the planning or construction process. Two projects on which Escobedo gives updates are the Community Maritime Park and ECUA’s new wastewater treatment plant.

From Escobedo’s updates, it looks like ECUA’s Main Street Wastewater Treatment Plant will be closed before the first pitch is thrown at Community Maritime Park. Construction of the new wastewater treatment facility is expected to begin this summer. Meanwhile, the future of the Community Maritime Park - where Pelican’s Park will be located - is in limbo until the Florida Supreme Court decides if its funding scheme is constitutional. There’s no word on when the court will decide.

It’s very important that the Main Street Wastewater Treatment Plant is closed before opening day at Pelican Park, because as we all know, the plant is right across the street from where Pelican’s Park will be built.

Could you imagine going to ballgames if the Main Street Wastewater Treatment Plant were still operational? What a nightmare that would be. Fans would need gasmasks if the wind was blowing towards the stadium, in the direction from the treatment plant. Pelicans Park would look like a WWI battlefield.

Pelican’s games will be a bigger draw if the Main Street Wastewater Treatment Plant is closed before their first pitch is thrown at Pelican’s Park.