Cindy Miller wrote:
http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/
2008/08/07/News/Plans.For.South.St.Bridge.Still.Tba-3397470.shtml
as this article points out, the plans for the bridge will
not include the community's input:
This past March, the South Street Bridge Coalition
commissioned urban planning firm Wallace Roberts & Todd
L.L.C. to put forward a modification plan to the city's
original redesign. However, so far the city has not
included these changes in their plans for the bridge.
and in that same issue of the dp, penn says there's now a
rush to get the bridge demolished and re-built, 'as soon as
possible', 'quickly', 'sooner rather than later':
http://tinyurl.com/6cvyrp
In April, The Daily Pennsylvanian Opinion Board encouraged
the City to adopt the South Street Bridge Coalition's
changes to the current proposal.
Now, almost four months later, the bridge is still open -
albeit with a 6-ton weight limit - and it is time to take
some sort of action.
It is estimated that the bridge's demolition and
reconstruction will take up to two years to complete. With
traffic already limited, it makes sense to begin
reconstruction quickly so that a fully accessible structure
may be completed as soon as possible.
The City has been dragging its heels on this important
project for over 10 years. At this point, bureaucracy stands
in the way of efficiency.
The South Street Bridge must be reborn in a form that suits
both city planners and the community - and quickly. Only
with fast action and some compromises on both sides can the
City complete the project in a reasonable timeframe.
As bits of concrete continue crumbling and falling into the
Schuylkill, plans must be finalized and a construction firm
chosen.
No one advocates rushing into a $50 million dollar project,
but the plans were unveiled two years ago. Let's fix this
bridge right - and sooner rather than later..
but what these dp articles don't point out is that the
community's plans for the bridge would not have delayed any
schedules. a schedule was mapped out in the community's
report which shows the demolition and reconstruction
beginning october 08 (and possibly even saving money during
construction and allowing for earlier access):
http://go.philly.com/bridgedesign
[p. 16-17]
so why this urgent call to rush things now, along with the
exclusion of the community's input?
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