Completion of repairs to the Portsmouth Escape Bridge, the only egress for hundreds of Island Park families in the event of a hurricane, has now slipped to "the first week of September," according to the latest RI Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Community Update.

Just two weeks ago, they were predicting the bridge would be done by the end of the month. Guess I was right about the jaunty italic font.

Full disclosure: In the event of flooding, my neighbors and I would be trapped so, yes, this is personal.