10-08-2017, 12:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-08-2017, 12:44 PM by DHLawrence.)
No, that *was* the argument made. Someone posted another bridge would be better. I posted build both. The next post was "Fix what you have already".
As someone else said, this one was already half-finished because the pier in the middle of the river was there. It's a discount piece of infrastructure for an area that's soon going to be far denser, likely requiring more connectivity. Plus we want to encourage people to walk or use bikes; neither the Concession nor Main Street bridges are really all that welcoming to bikes, so this will provide an alternative for people who otherwise would probably drive instead.
Was the money for the GCI bridge even there? The GCI bridge is either going to need to be strong enough to span a far wider part of the river without a central support or it will have to be attached to the CP bridge, requiring a no doubt costly legal deal with them. Plus it will likely need either high walls or an all-over cage to ward off jumpers, further adding to the cost. And that's after a design process that hasn't been paid for; this pedestrian bridge was done by students at the architecture school for a grad project.
As someone else said, this one was already half-finished because the pier in the middle of the river was there. It's a discount piece of infrastructure for an area that's soon going to be far denser, likely requiring more connectivity. Plus we want to encourage people to walk or use bikes; neither the Concession nor Main Street bridges are really all that welcoming to bikes, so this will provide an alternative for people who otherwise would probably drive instead.
Was the money for the GCI bridge even there? The GCI bridge is either going to need to be strong enough to span a far wider part of the river without a central support or it will have to be attached to the CP bridge, requiring a no doubt costly legal deal with them. Plus it will likely need either high walls or an all-over cage to ward off jumpers, further adding to the cost. And that's after a design process that hasn't been paid for; this pedestrian bridge was done by students at the architecture school for a grad project.