It's a jobs program? No, it's a burden of debt to me and future generations. The largest amount of money is suppose to come from tolling, over $1 billion, they're going to charge around $2.25 to cross the bridge. At that price the interest on the bonds is going to grow faster than the money that is collected. It's $6 to cross the Golden Gate Bridge, that's what this should cost too. I bet if you set up the tolls today (like they should), you would see a lot less support for this total waste of money. Tolling would also reduce "tax free" shopping sprees. They estimate it's only going to save about 1 minute in commute time. How about fixing the 4 lane choke point at the Rose Quarter, before you fix a 6 lane bridge that seems to work fine, if you started tolling you'd see more carpooling immediately.
1 minute of commute time saved....yeah, sure.
I wonder what the projected population increases are for not only PDX, but Seattle, San Fran, LA - all along the I-5 corridor for the next 50 years?
Or do we want the future generations to think of us as the dumbasses who couldn't plan for the future while building a bridge?
All these 'concerns' and 'questions' are meant to do is to impede a bridge being built.
I'm still not aware of local cost though, aside from tolling. I mean, if we can work it out like Boston's "Big Dig" and get the rest of the country paying for it, fine with me.
I wonder what the projected population increases are for not only PDX, but Seattle, San Fran, LA - all along the I-5 corridor for the next 50 years?
Or do we want the future generations to think of us as the dumbasses who couldn't plan for the future while building a bridge?
All these 'concerns' and 'questions' are meant to do is to impede a bridge being built.
I'm still not aware of local cost though, aside from tolling. I mean, if we can work it out like Boston's "Big Dig" and get the rest of the country paying for it, fine with me.