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Time to build up the roads
Published Friday, November 13, 2009
As the largest city in Virginia, and as one of the fastest growing, Suffolk faces tremendous challenges when it comes to managing that growth and ensuring essential services and quality infrastructure is in place.
The onset of Thursday’s nor’easter provided a treacherous test to those essential services and infrastructure as high winds and driving rain pummeled the city in excess of 24 hours, creating flooding conditions in nearly every area and snarling traffic.
City employees and emergency officials, who worked to ensure emergency calls were answered and highways remained clear, should be commended for their efforts and thanked for a job well done.
With that said, the rain, wind and tides proved that Suffolk’s infrastructure is not at the point where it needs to be.
This week’s nor’easter is thankfully not a regular occurrence, but severe storms are, and many of the same areas that flooded Thursday and remained closed Friday are the ones that flood at the onset of a heavy dew.
It is time for the city to evaluate these areas and come up with solutions that will curtail future flooding, especially those in highly populated areas and along those highways that are crucial to the ebb and flow of traffic.
As Suffolk grows and infrastructure is expanded, it is important that we make sure existing services and infrastructure are sound.
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Posted by NP (anonymous) on November 16, 2009 at 12:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It is not just Suffolk, the whole region needs to work together. Two tunnels where closed for a period as well. What would happen if there had been an evacuation order issued? 58 and 460 both need to have by passes built, 64 and 664 both need to be expanded, both the midtown and downtown tunnels need to be expanded along with countless other projects within the cities. If the region would be more willing to work together some of this may come to fruition. On the other hand, the state doesn't have the money available to start these projects.
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