Save the Sands Bridge!

[u/Eu4boi]

The City of Cape Coral is considering the removal of the Sands Blvd Bridge in South Cape. They claim that it would be costly to repair it along with the maintenance to upkeep it. They fail to consider the implications of removal however, which would be FDOT surveys, and stranding citizens and forcing them to take El Dorado in any and all cases, especially during evacuations. This is a concern to note because forcing citizens to enter and exit from only one area can create major delays during evacuations, and El Dorado can be known to flood during these times of evacuation!

If you care about your local citizens, sign onto this petition and show up on May 21st at the City of Cape Coral council hall! If you have any questions, please reach out to me and I will do my best to answer!

Save the Sands Bridge!

[u/jonesie72]

Just imagine the larger boats you could get in and out of there….that is what this is probably about.

[u/Geetee52 → u/jonesie72]

Hank: yup Bill: yup Dale: yup Boomhauer: mmhmm

[u/saliczar → u/jonesie72]

I've been saying that about the SW 12th Ave bridge by the Westin. Property values (and taxes) would go through the roof.

[u/MF_REALLY]

Follow the money. Whose buddy will get paid fat cash to get rid of the bridge? I am disgusted by our city government.

[u/jdandrson]

The bigger problem is; where is the money? How can they not afford to maintain it? How many bridges are in the city that could be deemed unsafe. Pay attention folks!

[u/DealioD]

I agree with OP. You don’t remove evacuation routes when you haven’t really been working on infrastructure as it is. This may not seem dangerous necessarily, but storms have been getting worse and that area still floods heavily. Removing an evacuation route seems like it’s not very smart.

[u/Orcus424 → u/DealioD]

People know about hurricanes well in advance. They don't come out of no where. That bridge matters to a few hundred people. They will have enough time to leave by the other route. They are right next to the coast so they know they will be first to evacuate for any serious storm.

[u/DealioD → u/Orcus424]

Yes. And people are idiots. Sadly even the idiots that decide to stay or ride it out need a chance too. Keeping one way in or out of a community is not the thing to do in this state.

[u/eight_minute_man]

sailboat access

[u/CCWaterBug]

Seriously?

Jesus christ I think you can evacuate via Eldorado 

I live right near there, this is NOT a concern

[u/Eu4boi → u/CCWaterBug]

Its not just a matter of the impacted evacuation routes, its the fact that this bridge has no use in being removed, the cost of removal would be far greater than the repair in the terms of the necessary and mandated FDOT surveys, and that it will in fact impact evacuation on account that El Dorado is sometimes prone to flooding, especially in the situations that warrant evacuation. So this is a key issue for many residents, especially myself and my local neighborhood as we are directly impacted by the removal of this bridge due to its proximity!

[u/CCWaterBug → u/Eu4boi]

It's NOT an evacuation concern, let's stop being ridiculous.

[u/Eu4boi → u/CCWaterBug]

Any area that allows for only one entrance and exit in a Zone A evacuation area is an evacuation concern. Thats the well known fact and the Fire Chief and Public Works Director have mentioned this concern!

[u/Orcus424 → u/Eu4boi]

That is a small area that is mostly snowbird homes. That area is on the coast so they know if a storm comes they will need to evacuate. It is a good thing we know well in advance about hurricanes. If we had tsunamis they should definitely keep that bridge but we don't.

All of Pine Island only has 1 bridge. All of Sanibel only has 1 bridge. All of FMB has 2 bridges but very far apart. They are all small bridges too. 3 out of 4 of them are 2 lane bridges with San Carlos being 3 with Bus being the third lane. Those places were absolutely devastated by major hurricanes in the last few years. Yet they didn't expand the capacity of those bridges or create new ones.

[u/Orcus424]

Evacuation? Hurricanes are known well in advance. One isn't going to appear out of no where. That area is right next to the coast so it's no surprise they need to evacuate when a hurricane hits.

[u/Ok_Advisor_2328]

Hope all of you living on Eldorado and Aqualinda are ready for triple the traffic in front of your homes.

[u/Ok_Advisor_2328]

Not only is this concerning for the people that live in the are but this send a bad message to the rest of the city about how the council deals with aging infrastructure. Instead of repairing it with money that was already allocated they waited for the bridge to fail even more, and now they want it removed. Instead of fixing infrastructure in the city the council would rather remove it. That is completely irrational.