When heavy rain comes, it’s always the same story on State Road A1A. “I looked out, and there it was, gone again,” said Shirley Bennett, Volusia County resident.Cindi Lane with the Florida Department of Transportation said a part of A1A in Ormond-by-the-Sea washed away Thursday afternoon. “It looks like a deep hole… like a trench almost between the ocean and the road,” said Lane. There was no damage to the asphalt, so it only took a few hours to fill the hole and pack it down. FDOT has completed 20 emergency repairs in the last 2 years along A1A.This one-mile stretch of road in Ormond-by-the-Sea is incredibly vulnerable to storm damage.However, next week, FDOT will begin its buried sea wall project, which is supposed to help. It’s been a success up in Flagler County. “We don’t have the same level of washout, you know, in that area that we see in the other areas,” said Lane. “So, you know, once that wall is there, it is very protective.”The buried sea wall project is expected to start next week.
ORMOND-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. —
When heavy rain comes, it’s always the same story on State Road A1A.
“I looked out, and there it was, gone again,” said Shirley Bennett, Volusia County resident.
Cindi Lane with the Florida Department of Transportation said a part of A1A in Ormond-by-the-Sea washed away Thursday afternoon.
“It looks like a deep hole… like a trench almost between the ocean and the road,” said Lane.
There was no damage to the asphalt, so it only took a few hours to fill the hole and pack it down.
FDOT has completed 20 emergency repairs in the last 2 years along A1A.
This one-mile stretch of road in Ormond-by-the-Sea is incredibly vulnerable to storm damage.
However, next week, FDOT will begin its buried sea wall project, which is supposed to help. It’s been a success up in Flagler County.
“We don’t have the same level of washout, you know, in that area that we see in the other areas,” said Lane. “So, you know, once that wall is there, it is very protective.”
The buried sea wall project is expected to start next week.