Posted on 04/04/2024 8:12:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
It’s what you get when unions, donors and dems get together on a project. Just business as usual.
Mainly because I didn’t think the article would even mention those realities. But hey, ding me if you desire. 😋
God I miss Trump...
And they will too. In Baltimore harbor the ship I served on, USCGC Taney, was preserved due to its history in WW-II and since. It was named for Treasury secretary Roger B. Taney. The "woke" mob had it's name stripped and references removed because he later became a SCOTUS justice who authored the 1857 Dred Scott decision in support of slavery.
Disagreements over how to divvy up the graft ??? And who gets how much ???
There’s a new bridge under construction in Detroit that it=s almost exactly the same length. If they were wise, they’d photocopy the design and commence building. But this is Maryland so they won’t even consider thinking about it.
Big Guy wants 20% this time................
Apparently you’ve never been here. The bridge was part of the beltway that you think will be easy to expand. The other way is heavily populated. Eminent domain will take years. Dozens of bridges will need to be replaced and about 30 ramps rebuilt.
What they should do is to lease a couple ferry’s and have limited ferry service for HAZMATS and vehicles with a destination less than five miles from the bay.
There are two tunnels already. One should be restricted to commercial traffic, especially during peak hours.
Would digging a tunnel be a better solution?
Don’t know. Check With Boston..................
They need to add at least one special bus line each way.
So 3 car & truck lanes on either side, one bus lane on either side, one wheelchair lane either side, one bike lane either side, one pedestrian lane
that makes 8 vehicular lanes unless they need to have a dedicated hazmat trunk lane on either side as well. So call it 10 lanes, then 6 more lanes for the unfortunates without a vehicle.
Presto chango! A 16 lane bridge, all for a low low cost of $4 billion, before cost overruns.
We don’t have a bus line, just vans..............
Its all about the will and the bucks. Coruptocrats will drag it out to reap the greatest cash. If we were in a war—it would get fixed in weeks. The only will now is Making money off the public funds—Don’t believe it? I have a high speed railroad I can sell you in California. Lots of people got rich—and we still do not have a railroad (and never will).
The joys of fiat money, true.
10 - 20 years of environmental impact studies to start with
Don’t forget “historical” impacts.
I love ranting about those.
Once something is deemed to be of “historical importance” development of anything turns into an insanely costly quagmire.
The Lincoln and Holland tunnels have lasted a long time.
They were made by smart people.....................
Thanks. The current one looks fine. They are adding one lane on each side and a breakdown lane but the feeder road at the bottom of the projected picture only has two lanes? Seems like a waste. Maybe they are projecting the feeder road going to three lanes.
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