After reading the May 26 editorial, “Can our bridge collapse, too?” I can’t get the quote from state Sen. Ann Rivers, R-La Center, out of my mind. Rivers commented about the Skagit River Bridge collapse: “It was the result of a structural assault from a truck. We don’t have that situation down here.”
It’s not very reassuring to have leadership with that kind of “vision.” Should some ship or barge strike the Interstate 5 Bridge supports, or a trucker pull off some spectacular crash, disabling the span, it’s not encouraging to know leaders like Rivers will say something like, “There is just no way anyone could have seen this coming.”
Dean Wessler
Vancouver
