City staff gets kudos on its handling of weekend rain storms
Cape Coral city management praised the work of its stormwater staff Wednesday for the work they did during heavy rains this past weekend.
City Manager Michael Ilczyszyn shared his appreciation of the hard work of the stormwater staff.
“During Hurricane Ian we had 6 to 8 inches of rain. This past weekend this city received 7.5 inches of rain. I was communicating with both my public works director, EMS, fire, and police chief about significant problems on the roadways and there was none,” he said.
Ilczyszyn said that is due to the dedication of the staff making sure that the 120 square miles of the city, the catch basins, swales, pipes and weirs were working properly and not blocked.
“To have that amount of rain and make it off our streets without significant flooding is remarkable. Thank you to all of them of the stormwater staff. We are focused on what matters and our city can work on what is designed,” he said.
The timetable is 72 hours later with standing water.
“The streets were drained within hours,” Ilczyszyn said.
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