As Florida's population grows, what were once sleepy, quaint municipalities have grown into robust cities with demanding infrastructure needs. Such is the case for the city of Port St. Lucie, a municipality of more than 170,000 people located midway between Cape Kennedy and Ft. Lauderdale on the Atlantic coast. At one time a quaint retirement community, the city has nearly doubled its population since 2000, with much of the expansion occurring west of the city's primary waterway, the North Fork of the St. Lucie River (NFSLR).
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机译：随着佛罗里达州人口的增长，曾经是困倦的古朴的城市已经发展成为拥有苛刻的基础设施需求的强大城市。圣露西港（Port St. Lucie）市就是这种情况，该市位于肯尼迪角（Cape Kennedy）和Ft之间，人口超过170,000。大西洋海岸的劳德代尔堡。自2000年以来，这座城市曾经是一个古朴的退休社区，其人口几乎翻了一番，其中大部分扩张发生在该市主要水道，圣露西河北叉（NFSLR）的西部。
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