http://providencedailydose.com/2008/07/15/to-solve-bridge-maintenance-problem/ News/Arts/Culture/Nightlife/Nonsense/Obscurities Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:54:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://providencedailydose.com/2008/07/15/to-solve-bridge-maintenance-problem/#comment-6934 Jef Nickerson Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:42:10 +0000 http://providencedailydose.com/2008/07/15/to-solve-bridge-maintenance-problem/#comment-6934 Is this some magical bridge that just builds itself and allows us to get naked and roll in the money generated by the tolls; or is this a real bridge that would take 10, 20, 30... years of toll collections to pay for and maintain it before it turned a profit? Is this some magical bridge that just builds itself and allows us to get naked and roll in the money generated by the tolls; or is this a real bridge that would take 10, 20, 30… years of toll collections to pay for and maintain it before it turned a profit?

]]> http://providencedailydose.com/2008/07/15/to-solve-bridge-maintenance-problem/#comment-6927 JOE BERNSTEIN Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:57:41 +0000 http://providencedailydose.com/2008/07/15/to-solve-bridge-maintenance-problem/#comment-6927 A bridge to LI wouldn't be a joke if we lived in Japan.The Japanese have accomodated to high living costs,limited housing costs,and fuel prices by building amazing examples of public works such as tunnels,bridges,high speed rail,and earthquake resistant skyscrapers by just doing it and not getting bogged down in years of wasted time spent on "impact studies",political payoffs,etc. A bridge to LI wouldn’t be a joke if we lived in Japan.The Japanese have accomodated to high living costs,limited housing costs,and fuel prices by building amazing examples of public works such as tunnels,bridges,high speed rail,and earthquake resistant skyscrapers by just doing it and not getting bogged down in years of wasted time spent on “impact studies”,political payoffs,etc.

]]> http://providencedailydose.com/2008/07/15/to-solve-bridge-maintenance-problem/#comment-6906 Beth Comery Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:35:46 +0000 http://providencedailydose.com/2008/07/15/to-solve-bridge-maintenance-problem/#comment-6906 Re:toll booths. I respectfully disagree. Exhibit A is the Garden State Parkway where I have nearly died a fiery death about a million times. First of all, this will cost the state money to build and man. I think they are just throwing this horrible idea out there, so we will all get into a lather at how horrible it is, and then the inevitable gas tax increase won't seem so bad in comparison. But I like that bridge idea! Re:toll booths. I respectfully disagree. Exhibit A is the Garden State Parkway where I have nearly died a fiery death about a million times. First of all, this will cost the state money to build and man. I think they are just throwing this horrible idea out there, so we will all get into a lather at how horrible it is, and then the inevitable gas tax increase won’t seem so bad in comparison. But I like that bridge idea!

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