I am disgusted and fed up with the attitudes of the people and government of Washington state. We need a new bridge over the Columbia River, have spent millions of dollars on design, plans and research. Then the design proposed was another ugly bridge like the I-205 bridge. The task force knew that the bridge had to be a certain height and yet they proposed a design with a lower height so more money would have to be spent on a redo.
People don’t want light rail yet the federal government won’t pay for a bridge without it. People want to drive their cars, cause more pollution, pay more highway cost, parking costs and will not carpool or use mass transit. They complain about the traffic and the I-5 Bridge, but will not accept responsibility to pay tolls to help pay for a new bridge. Tolling will not jam traffic as it can all be done electronically.
This bridge is the responsibility of both states and the federal government but all I hear is complaining. Why can’t we just get on with building the bridge. Ten years have been spent playing games about getting this done and it will only cost more as time goes by … as it already has.
Charles Van Amerongen
La Center