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Originally Posted by Bilyclub

They are going to spend 1.38 million to fix erosion by the Morse bridge. The PWAC says the bridge is fine and the problem is erosion. "There is no problem with the bridge. There never has been. This is an erosion problem"

I guess that bumpy bridge deck is considered normal and won't be fixed?

Originally Posted by blueash

The land upon which the bridge is built is the responsibility of the PWAC because that's they way it was set up. The road is the responsibility of Sumter County not the PWAC. So your They, meaning the PWAC is not the agency to complain about if you are unhappy with the road. Even if the PWAC felt the road needed fixing, it is not within their power to fix it.

Blueash you are correct in your statements, PWAC has no power to fix the roadway on the bridge.
The bridge foundations do not rest upon this manmade island, they are set on piling in the bedrock (for lack of a better term for the underlying structure here in Florida). Even if the island were to be completely reclaimed by mother nature the bridges would still stand. The park area and roadway surface that connect the two bridge structures would however be compromised.
The island was built to all state and federal standards based on known conditions and data. Mother nature doesn't really care about manmade standards and threw a curve ball a few years ago and proved that anything man can build, she can unbuild in time.