Sunday, June 24, 2012

A Bridge for Today or an Obstruction for Tomorow ?

As we look at spending more than $3,000,000,000 for a replacement bridge over the Ohio River, Hamilton County Commissioners are looking at ways to spend the money faster.
But what is the future usefulness of the bridge? Projections are being made of use trending along into the future the same as it has up til now. Does that make any sense? What about changes in technology? Even as you read, Volkswagen of China is working on hover cars. No longer the stuff of fantasy, we may have flying cars sometime before 4000.
Is this short sighted quick fix the answer or will the bridge just prove to be another obstacle for the flocks of flying cars that will soon fly along the Ohio River?

2 comments:

5chw4r7z said...

There have been ZERO questions asked, what if the bridge got the same scrutiny that the streetcar has?
Crazy how eager people are to blow 3 billion dollars we don't have.

Quimbob said...

About $2M/ft? Now THAT is a bargain!