Editor: A Pasco County official was quoted as saying there is nothing they can do to stop the flooding on County Line Road. Please give me a break.
Dig a trench parallel to the road about 18 inches deep. Lay a heavy piece of plastic sheeting in the bottom of the trench. Cover the plastic with sandbags or just back fill the trench. Continue stacking the sandbags with the plastic sheeting facing the lakeside of the bags until you have a dike the necessary height to hold back the water. Pump the water off the road. Project accomplished. The plastic keeps the water from flowing through the sandbags. This is a method used by the Army Corps of Engineers. It works.
To sit back and do nothing is an irresponsible position for the Pasco County officials to take. That lake could be overflowing its banks for weeks or months. To subject the drivers on such a heavily traveled road and the surrounding property owners to such an inconvenience is ridiculous.
It would appear the folks in Pasco are choosing to do nothing.
-- James Bates, Spring Hill
[Last modified September 9, 2003, 02:31:56]
