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So, you weren't around in 1940 ?

Here is 2015's thread on this subject.
 

There are those who will have conspiracy theories no matter what. There are those like me that think the developers have done a really good job planning and building this place.

Here is something I found. A Million and a quarter seems like a reasonable amount to fix this bridge.

http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/...ts/Bridges.pdf

From what I read, it seems that the bridge structures, the roadway and underlying supports are all good. If not, the County would fix it because it is their road. The problem is just the erosion of the pile of sand, dirt and small rocks that the developer dumped into the middle of a mined peat bog to create the "park". Apparently the powers to be didn't have the common sense to realize that the constant wave action from the trending wind direction washes away such unprotected fill. There are no sink holes creating the erosion problem. Anyway, a really good sinkhole would probably drain most of the lake and such a sinkhole would be very evident.
What is really sad is that we, the residents, probably have already "paid" once for the island as part of some bonded infrastructure cost when that section of The Villages was developed!!

Mars, good one. It was said on the news that within 100 year after the first manned launch to Mars, a million people will live on Mars. If a real estate person wants to show you a house on Mars you should know the summertime temperature is 70F and the winter temperature is -195F below zero. The oxygen content of the Martian atmosphere is only 0.13 percent, compared with 21 percent in Earth's atmosphere. Carbon dioxide makes up 95.3 percent of the gas in the atmosphere of Mars. Take plenty of bottled water and oxygen on your trip.

That link is for budgeting purposes to build a NEW bridge...from scratch.

What is being proposed, has absolutely nothing to do with the bridge structure itself (especially building a new one :oops:)...it is purely erosion of the edges of the island itself.

Actually, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge disaster...was the engineers fault. :shrug:


Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse - Failure magazine

Not sure of your point. The Tacoma Narrows bridge failure definitely WAS due to faulty engineering design.

Warren wasn't there to supervise it's construction, hence it fell. :beer3:

In that context...good point. :thumbup:

Make it a toll bridge until it's paid for.

you must know by now the "family" hired the cheapest help and did no underground investigation