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PLS-Surveyor-US t1_j5vpdy7 wrote

Plenty of good solutions available. The bridges are needed. We rebuild them better than the old ones. Ideally it would be done with a steel box girder design instead or a truss because its cheaper. All the pie in the sky parts should be forgotten about. Pay for it with tolls to be placed charging people 2 bucks a day each way. Done, paid for and everyone is happy.

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NewspaperEconomy5473 t1_j5w5s5u wrote

You are advocating for replacement bridges without the iconic and visually impactful features of the bridge. Then you go on to say “everyone is happy”. What a bunch of BS.

You must underestimate how many people love the look of those bridges. Maybe you would be happy with the replacements, but saying that everyone would be happy is laughably incorrect, and even that is an understatement.

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PLS-Surveyor-US t1_j5wjx0r wrote

It's a bridge. Most people going over them are pissed they are stuck in traffic not admiring the style of the bridge. Ask people if they want to pay $2 for a steel box beam or $4 for a truss what answer will you get? Form follows function and cost trumps all. We paid $100MM extra for the "glory" of a grand bridge for the artery project to cross an 80' river. Now everyone on here complains daily about the poor condition of the MBTA. $100 million fixes a lot of track problems. Spend wisely and you will find things working better.

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[deleted] t1_j5wu5em wrote

They look cheap, as expected with WPA projects. The nicest thing about them are the lampposts which, incidently you can best see while sitting in traffic.

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stpetesouza t1_j5vsdk0 wrote

Doesn't work that way. The Mass pike was paid for eons ago but the temporary tolls still remain in place. It's neither done, paid for, or made anyone happy

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PLS-Surveyor-US t1_j5vwpj2 wrote

BS. I love the pike. Take it every day. Happy to pay the tolls to cover the O&M costs of the road. I would remove the gas tax and put tolls on all the divided highways.

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The_eldritch_bitch t1_j5wkylv wrote

A toll would be a nightmare since so many of the working class / blue collar jobs on cape are held by off cape residents because of the high CoL

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PLS-Surveyor-US t1_j5wwl0r wrote

So then they get to decide whether its worth it and then their wages magically go up when the supply of labor tightens. I can see why nothing ever gets fixed around this state. Too many people see every last negative possibility and then nothing happens. Nothing except KB warriors downvoting actual solutions to problems....DV away.

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