Bay Area to get suspension span, $4 tolls

Contra Costa Times ^ | 6/23/05 | Andrew LaMar and Mike Adamick

[Lionround]

I don't know anything about the Bay Bridges; however, they are replacing the Woodrow Wilson bridge on I-95 outside of Washington DC. It is a 2.5 billion dollar project that is on time and 140 million UNDER budget. It has been a pain in the b*** because of the traffic snarls; however, they are making great progress.

My wife and I are moving from the area in the next few weeks (going to Memphis, yeah) and away from the gridlock in the DC area. I hope this does something to alleviate the traffic snarls in the area.

For more info:

http://www.pbbulletin.com/Volume20_Issue_3/html/lead_ww_bridge.html

[goldstategop]

Brain dead Bay Area liberals will eat it up. They got their bridge. Now its time to move on.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[bgnn32]

Oh I am a lot more peeved about it for more than just the reason I posted, but I was trying to stay on topic.

[HamiltonJay]

Well what do you expect? You let artsy fartsy folks say the bridge must be an eyepiece... so they come up with some impossible design.. then trying to impliment it you realize its impossible... try to go back to just a nondescript bridge and the same artsy fartsy folks once again say no, it must be pretty....

I'm just amazed they haven't turned the damned thing into a tunnel, or water tube yet.... with glass so you cal\n slow down and enjoy watching the sea lions crap as you drive through....

[Mr. Jeeves]

Perata and Sen. Tom Torlakson, D-Antioch, led negotiations with the governor, and conceded from the time they began that higher tolls would be necessary.

Well, last year Perata was conceding no such thing. He wanted the cost overruns to be covered in the state budget, and said it was unfair for Bay Area drivers to pay the toll alone since the Bay Bridge was a resource that benefitted the whole state.

Yes, he actually said that. ;)