Access to medical care in Houston is all wet

I'm really bummed out by all this continuous rain since I like to do outdoorsy things and hate mud. The mosquito issue I'll save for another day. However, all this rain and minor street flooding has shown some problems with access to the Texas Medical Center. The Medical Center is vital to the city on a day to day basis, but in an emergency getting there is could be a life and death issue. Unfortunately, there is no really direct highway access to the Medical Center and all ambulances and visitors (except life flight) must travel a fair distance on surface streets. The recent rain has shown that in many cases the Medical Center can become a island. Numerous streets surrounding the Center flood and block traffic at the slightest amount of rain. Even the MetroRail is stymied by street flooding in the Med Center. Shouldn't access to the Medical Center be a top priority when flood control and street improvement budgeting is done each year? I realize millions are spent on flood control for the Med Center each year, but who cares if you can't get there?

Here are locations that are repeat offenders for flooding, if you know of others please list them in a comment or send me an email.

Holcombe at Grand Blvd
University at Main