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The ghost of Robert Moses, the designer who preferred cars to people, hated neighborhoods especially ethnic neighborhoods, and detested public transit would be thrilled with this project.

His preference for freeways destroyed metropolitan New York -- his routing freeways right through neighborhoods without regard for the residents is blamed for the much of the urban blight most other cities suffer today. He is even blamed for the Brooklyn Dodgers moving to LA by siting a freeway on top of the ball park -- without an exit.

In Portland, we're lucky that the citizenry stood up and told the public officials who fed at the trough of construction companies and worshipped Mr. Moses , to use the vernacular, to fuck off. Otherwise Portland would be the same sprawling mess as Los Angeles, Houston, metropolitan New York, Chicago and on and on.

From a long life I'm a cynic. Whenever someone proposes something like this, I immediately wonder who will benefit the most. Portland has a long, well established tradition of public corruption, so who benefits? You and I who pay for these boondoggles? Hardly.

Agreed. We do need a new bridge as the old one is a bottleneck. Access across the South Channel of the Columbia to Hayden Island is dreadful, effecting both the businesses on the island and the people who live on the island.

Do we need this specific bridge?

I'm not convinced this proposal isn't based on what will generate the most income for engineers, construction companies and the public officials they employ.

I remain your humble servant,

Jacomus
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