BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A Brevard County man is worried his road is one storm away from being destroyed.
“Every time we get a storm this happens,” says Tommy Cobb of Cocoa.
Tommy, a military veteran, says summer storms aren’t helping Gray Road and nearby Hooper Road in Cocoa.
“The water races to the lowest point,” he said, “which causes the sand to wash out.”
Tommy is concerned if there’s enough rain, then Gray Road will give way.
“If you look at where all the little drains come across, you can see where it’s sinking down.”
He says short term solutions from the city, by building up the banks, isn’t working.
If the road gives out, it’ll cost him and his neighbors extra time to get around.
“A lot of people use this road, and if it goes down, we’ll have to go to I-95 back around and go to the stores or any medical stuff,” Tommy told us.
We reached out to the City of Cocoa, and good news, since we spoke to Tommy, city crews have started work on the embankments.
“The city budgets for annual re-paving of streets throughout the city. These roads are scheduled for repaving this upcoming fiscal year,” said Samantha Senger, Cocoa assistant to the city manager and public relations specialist.
That fiscal year begins in October.
Tommy just wants something done before the next storm.
“It’s just going to get worse until they get a permanent solution,” warns Tommy.
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