You are more ignorant that I thought. Your diatribe above eminates a total lack of understanding areflects a moronic desire to complain with no basis. You know nothing about Drainage projects and street design, and yet you put forth statements as if you were an expert. As a matter of interest, and I do not know the answer, and you probably do not either, how does the rain that we had compare in intensity to that of any recent hurricane?? And, if, in fact, the rain was that intensive, no porous material would have performed better than routing the runoff, as the ground would have been saturated anyway.
You are no engineer, so I suggest you keep your satarism confined to things that are not technical.
Ed Issler

Issler, calling people ignorant hurts your argument. You do not need to be an engineer to relate historical fact or personal experiences and life's lessons and observations. Many of us have lived on Marco Island much longer than you have and are willing to share our experiences. It is true that the Jolley bridge had never been closed for any length of time previously. It is true that the City just completed a massive drainage upgrade on Collier Blvd. It is true that the drainage inlets were protected by grates and screens designed to stop debris. It is true that the City did not remove these grates prior to the storm. It is true that the drains clogged with debris when stressed by heavy rain. It is true that the large paved areas of the condos, hotels and malls diverted water to Collier Blvd adding more water to the overloaded drainage system. It is also true that our City has suffered grater rainfall during shorter periods of time in it's past without closing the Jolly Bridge. Our residential areas have lawns and swales that allow water to soak into the island and drain back into our canals. These are facts that we who have lived here understand via our own experiences with some very large storms. Now Isller, who is the idiot? The planners, those who approved the system, the engineers who developed it, the contractors who built it, the works department that failed to remove the grates or people like you that want to ignore all that experience?

Fossil: As usual, what your perception of true is, is NOT the reality of the situation. I have a great idea. Once you predict when we are going to have one of the most intensive, short period rainfalls in our history, why don't you and Sayre go around and remove the grates yourself. All you need to do is predict this event within about 3-4 hours to have enough time to do what it is you suggest. From what you said above, it must be true that these types of events can be predicted with accuracy in enough time.
Ed Issler

Isser if that's what needs to be done before a heavy rain then the system done not work. I like the way it was before all that money was spent and the bridge stayed open.

Excuse me, I was being facitious (spelling??). The storm drain project on Collier is not what caused the bridge to close, nor was it clogged grates. That is the perception of those where nothing the City does is good or right. It was an intense rain that we have not seen for years and years. If we had not had the drainage project we would have been even worse off. I'm really surprised because the people that are complaining are the ones that usually would be excited over a bridge closing.
Ed Issler

I find Issler amusing, he's quite a nervy character.

Issler is comic relief from the city's stupidities.

ISSLER WANTS TO BE ARCERI....between the two there are no 2 nuts....or are there?