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Surfside pushes back on report on delayed building repairs

Surfside pushes back on report on delayed building repairs
Posted at 6:08 PM, Jul 04, 2021
and last updated 2021-07-04 18:08:57-04

(AP) — A Surfside, Florida, official pushed back Sunday on the idea that the town was responsible for slowing down a condo board’s plans to make needed structural repairs to a building that eventually collapsed, killing dozens.

Following a Miami Herald report that it took more than a month for the town to respond to plans submitted by the building’s board in May, town manager Andrew Hyatt released a statement saying the issues under discussion were preliminary plans unrelated to structural work and not permits to begin repairs the building needed to pass a 40-year recertification.