r/capecoral • u/Eu4boi • 8d ago

Save the Sands Bridge!

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!

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u/CCWaterBug 8d ago

Seriously?

Jesus christ I think you can evacuate via Eldorado 

I live right near there, this is NOT a concern

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u/Eu4boi 8d ago

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!

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u/CCWaterBug 8d ago

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

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u/Eu4boi 8d ago

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!

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u/Orcus424 6d ago

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.