{"id":47598,"date":"2022-10-12T10:43:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=47598"},"modified":"2022-10-12T10:43:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:43:50","slug":"amazing-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=47598","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/11\/holy-cats-they-did-it-the-temporarily-rebuilt-sanibel-causeway-opens-allowing-emergency-vehicles-to-reach-sanibel-island\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Conservative Treehouse<\/a> posted an article about Florida&#8217;s ongoing recovery from Hurricane Ian.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>No one imagined this was feasible. Every expert put the timeline for repair at around a year.\u00a0 However, the <em>git r\u2019 done<\/em> crews and the Florida Dept of Transportation have accomplished a massive feat of reconstruction in phenomenal time.\u00a0 Major kudos to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the construction crews who worked every hour of every day, day and night, for two straight weeks and have created\/built a temporary bridge to Sanibel Island.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Trust me, having seen the aftermath, this is absolutely remarkable.\u00a0 The causeway is made up of three bridge spans (A, B, and C) and three spoil islands.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The rapid response construction crews just kept bringing truck after truck of everything imaginable including rocks, concrete slabs, gravel, sand and more to fill in the missing parts of the roadway and spoil islands.\u00a0 Then they surfaced the road and are now working on paving it in record time.\u00a0 Today restoration emergency crews drove across the bridges, and they anticipate opening the causeway to residents of Sanibel for civilian use on October 21st.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are the pictures:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/HurricaneIan1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47599 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/HurricaneIan1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"703\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/HurricaneIan1.jpg 703w, https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/HurricaneIan1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/HurricaneIan1-500x300.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/HurricaneIan2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47600 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/HurricaneIan2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"709\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/HurricaneIan2.jpg 709w, https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/HurricaneIan2-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/HurricaneIan2-397x300.jpg 397w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a>The article reports:<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>During a news conference Tuesday in Fort Myers, trucks were seen slowly driving across the bridge \u2014 beginning the journey to the island on the Sanibel Causeway.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cAhead of schedule, it was supposed to be 3 o\u2019clock today they thought they\u2019d get it,\u201d the governor said. \u201cBut we\u2019re happy that is something that is being done.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>DeSantis explains the convoy now able to travel on Sanibel Island is a large group, including:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>200 bucket trucks<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>150 line and pickup trucks towing 50 trailers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Two tractor trailers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>First responders<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>This also includes crews from across the state, Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC), Florida Power and Light and members of the Florida Electric Cooperative Association.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>After crews reach the island, the Florida Department of Transportation will be able to continue with repairs to restore access to the island for residents.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>This isn\u2019t the first time relief made its way to the island. DeSantis said barges were deployed last week to move equipment and supplies to the area to restore power and running water.\u00a0 The governor\u2019s office says barges continue to move daily to transport equipment, personnel and supplies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kudos to a very effective Governor and to everyone else who worked hard to complete this task so quickly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about Florida&#8217;s ongoing recovery from Hurricane Ian. The article reports: No one imagined this was feasible. 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