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Bay Area to get suspension span, $4 tolls
Contra Costa Times ^
| 6/23/05
| Andrew LaMar and Mike Adamick
Posted on 06/23/2005 9:29:50 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
"...the bridge's price tag, previously anticipated to be $2.6 billion,
$3.7 billion in cost overruns...
The bridge is currently forecast to cost $6.3 billion" That is for 1 bridge!
I wonder if any Civil Servants are going to get fired for this gross abortion?
BOHICA
Kalifornicate is becoming more unbelievable and unlivable each day..
Semper Fi
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posted on
06/23/2005 9:46:55 PM PDT
by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: NormsRevenge
Sounds mostly fair given the circumstances. I mean, it sucks for the bridge users (REALLY SUCKS for the bridge users that is NOT the Bay Bridge. Being forced to pay for the politician's folley), but, well, the politicans here wanted a fancy bridge, WE are getting it through higher tolls. Sure, the Bridge users get screwed, but hey, not EVERYONE is getting screwed.
Actually, since I don't use the bridge often, not even me and I live here. :-P But for those who use the bridges, too bad. Blame the politicians for it!
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posted on
06/23/2005 9:59:18 PM PDT
by
Simmy2.5
(There are more conspiracies at DU then there are on Coast to Coast AM.)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
06/23/2005 9:59:45 PM PDT
by
South40
(Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: NormsRevenge
$4 to cross the bridge seems a little steep, but I have no problem in the people using the bridge paying for it.
Now what I have a problem with is what they did in my home state of Mass (damn I can't wait till I can afford to move south), they diverted the tolls from the Mass Pike (I-90 which goes West to East) to pay for the big leak which was supposed to improve traffic on I- a North South route, So the people who paid the most for that project get no bennifit from it at all.
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posted on
06/23/2005 10:01:43 PM PDT
by
bgnn32
To: NormsRevenge
Schwarzenegger pushed the Bay Area to front all the overruns, meaning a $5 toll hike as soon as this year. The region's lawmakers, however, said they wanted the state to cover more overruns right away, thereby allowing a toll hike to be postponed until as late as 2009. Just until we don't care about the public's reaction.
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posted on
06/23/2005 10:02:41 PM PDT
by
TheOtherOne
(I often sacrifice my spelling on the alter of speed™)
To: bgnn32
I would think a resident of Mass would be more peeved about the Big
Dig Ripoff.
I know I am, and I don't even live there.
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posted on
06/23/2005 10:03:13 PM PDT
by
South40
(Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: South40
BART! lol
That opens a whole new can of worms for the South Bay folks.. who are trying to get it into downtown San Jose, but so far have struck for a number of reasons.
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posted on
06/23/2005 10:03:42 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ...... The War on Terrorism is the ultimate 'faith-based' initiative.)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
06/23/2005 10:04:27 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ...... The War on Terrorism is the ultimate 'faith-based' initiative.)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
06/23/2005 10:04:53 PM PDT
by
Plutarch
To: NormsRevenge
cheap. its $9 to cross NYC bridges now.
To: South40
From my understanding about the big ripoff, even WE paid for part of it (money from the Federal government).
At least in this case, the cost overruns will be paid for by the people using the bridges. And for $4, steep? Yeah. But from what I've heard, compared to NY tolls, it's still cheaper (heard they are up to $6 there for at least some of the bridges).
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posted on
06/23/2005 10:05:50 PM PDT
by
Simmy2.5
(There are more conspiracies at DU then there are on Coast to Coast AM.)
To: NormsRevenge
Anyone who tries to drive the Bay area deserves the headache they've brought upon themselves.
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posted on
06/23/2005 10:06:15 PM PDT
by
South40
(Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: oceanview
Well, there you go! Our $4 doesn't look so bad now.
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posted on
06/23/2005 10:06:21 PM PDT
by
Simmy2.5
(There are more conspiracies at DU then there are on Coast to Coast AM.)
To: oceanview
9$! What a rip!
After 35 years of collecting tolls they finally stopped charging to cross the Coronado Bridge in San Diego. But it's paid for.
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posted on
06/23/2005 10:09:11 PM PDT
by
South40
(Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: NormsRevenge
What does it cost to cross the GG. I used it in March but don't remember the fare...
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posted on
06/23/2005 10:09:54 PM PDT
by
tubebender
(Growing old is mandatory...Growing up is optional)
To: Simmy2.5
From my understanding about the big ripoff, even WE paid for part of it (money from the Federal government)I heard that also. And who do we have to blame? The good senators from Mass, both Kerry & Kennedy.
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posted on
06/23/2005 10:10:39 PM PDT
by
South40
(Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: tubebender
Trate for two-axle vehicles with cash to cross the GG is $5 and $4 with FasTrak.
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posted on
06/23/2005 10:12:18 PM PDT
by
South40
(Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: tubebender
$5.
$4 if ya have Fastrak, the electronic gadget.
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posted on
06/23/2005 10:12:39 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ...... The War on Terrorism is the ultimate 'faith-based' initiative.)
To: South40
I thought it was five. I think it opened in 1938 and has been paid for several times but the thugs running the bay area are using the tolls for their own slush funds...
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posted on
06/23/2005 10:15:29 PM PDT
by
tubebender
(Growing old is mandatory...Growing up is optional)
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