
Only brave souls would run this Goodland Road gauntlet (7:50 AM, 1/17/16).
In four out of the last six months, the only access road into Goodland has been inundated by rising tides – over 18” deep in spots. In August, September and October 2015, the only apparent causes for the flooding (which recurred for four or five days each time) were spring tides, the days otherwise sunny and calm. On Sunday morning, January 17, 2016, there was no spring tide. According to local tide charts, high tide at 7:35 AM was

Tom Barrett on a rescue mission to a Goodland friend. His cab driver refused to drive on Goodland Road (7:45 AM, 1/17/16). PHOTOS BY BARRY GWINN

Nothing moving on Goodland Road (7:45 AM, 1/17/16).
Since 2008, as Goodland Civic Association (GCA) secretary, I have chronicled GCA efforts to get relief from the increasingly frequent salt water flooding. For over a decade, the Goodland Civic Association has been imploring the Marco Island City Council to properly maintain this road and raise the elevation before a tragedy occurs. As to

Ironically, Waterfront real estate advertised at what is becoming the new waterfrontin Goodland (8 AM, 1/17/16).
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