City warns of street light outages

The city announced street lights in the Central Cocoanut, Rosemary District and Gillespie Park neighborhoods are temporarily without power after a private contractor damaged the power line for more than 200 lights.

In a release, city advised those walking in the affected areas after dark to be aware of the outages. The street lights are located on:

• U.S. 41, between Sixth and Tenth streets
• Cocoanut Avenue, from Fruitville Road to Tenth Street
• Sixth Street, from U.S. 41 to Osprey Avenue
• Osprey Avenue, from Fruitville Road to Tenth Street

The city expects the power to be restored later this week.