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Originally Posted by Jim 9922
It is not the road that is failing. It is the pile of sandy soil and rocks the developer dumped next to the road to make a "park" in the middle of the lake that the developer's entities "owns". The "lake" was dredged out deepening an old peat bog that was being mined (or had been) when the developer originally bought it.
What is really sad is that the CDD's can't wait to spend $1.4 million to save a few trees from falling into the developer's lake....
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You've nailed it.
I've read the entire engineer's report and nowhere does it mention anything regarding danger to the bridge piers sinking/eroding, as it seems the only concern is one of aesthetics and the loss of a little shoreline on a man-made island.
This from a small lake that doesn't even have tides, or any running water/significant hydraulic action to speak of.
A small ring of class 2 rip-rap, that would soon be covered by natural vegetation, would easily solve this issue...for substantially less than $1.4 million.
Regardless of what is eventually done, this cost should actually be born by the developer (who allowed the original design), but at a minimum be spread out to all who use the bridge regularly.
Which to me would include all homes down to at least the Mallory area, if not all the way to Havana...AND every single business in LSL.
Heck, I very rarely even use the bridge, but I would have no problem if an assessment was made for every owner in TV (even though I believe the developer should be liable for all of the costs)...including myself.
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Originally Posted by Jim 9922
.... but have so far avoided trying to correct the very dangerous golf cart crossover in front of the Hy 466 and Morse gate. All carts traveling South to the Hy 466 tunnel must negotiate the "Russian Roulette Crossover" first entering and crossing 2 lanes of southbound cars and then crossing 2 lanes of northbound traffic traveling thru the gates as fast as the gatekeepers can keep the gates open.
Originally a bad design just waiting for a fatal accident to happen. But CDD believes saving a few trees and a sun watchers' parking lot more important.
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You nailed it again.
This ridiculous design is a disaster.
I wonder if the same engineering firm that charged an astounding $75K for looking at the simple Morse Island issue...are also the geniuses (being facetious of course) that designed this little Russian Roulette X-Over?
