He said if he got his bill passed it was ready to be replaced. His bill didn't get passed, and he lied- it was nowhere near shovel ready. I don't even think concept planning of the replacement bridge location and ramp routing was even complete.
Fuck, if they can close it for a month, why not just close it for a year and replace it in place with a wider bridge. That's the hardest and most expensive part, keeping it open, building a replacement next to it (acquiring the ROW for that), then shifting all the ramps and lanes over to the new bridge (more ROW acquisitioning).
obama said he would rebuild this bridge in 2011.. thanks obama
He said if he got his bill passed it was ready to be replaced. His bill didn't get passed, and he lied- it was nowhere near shovel ready. I don't even think concept planning of the replacement bridge location and ramp routing was even complete.
Fuck, if they can close it for a month, why not just close it for a year and replace it in place with a wider bridge. That's the hardest and most expensive part, keeping it open, building a replacement next to it (acquiring the ROW for that), then shifting all the ramps and lanes over to the new bridge (more ROW acquisitioning).