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twitterLetter: With millions spend, why no answers to underpass floods?
Saturday, Sept. 26, 1998 | 2:53 a.m.
I'll assume it's "under ground" because I've not noticed any work over there in recent years.
Nonetheless all I can envision as a "fix" is a huge grate at the bottom which drains into an even larger pipe underground. Is that even close? And what happens to the large debris which inevitably gathers? Do you want to drive over it?
What's wrong with installing a rain-sensitive or remote-controlled railroad crossing-type arm which just drops down and blocks traffic at the slightest hint of flooding? It would be too cheap and simple, I guess, especially after we, the taxpayers, have spent that $36 million.
Torrey Parshall
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