Waste of tax payers money.
Wrong location
Keeps industry in the bowl
Heritage bridge should be kept as is, a heritage walking cycling bridge

I like that idea Foo738 and there does seem to be a lot of support for just leaving this bridge alone and building elsewhere.
But, I guess logic and long term planning has very little to do with anything!

I agree with Foo738
1. Wrong bridge
2. Wrong location
3. Heritage bridge should be part of
trail system

Lets get rid of all industry with in thirty miles of town!!

once again our elect powers that be not listening to us little tax paying Joe Q Public, I have heard time and time again from many truck drivers that they would like to see the new bridge down at the other end of 1st Avenue if they must build it in town as then they don't have to deal with city traffic!! sounded like a win/win for everyone!!

and I totally agree that the old Cameron Street Bridge should remain!!

To bad that the ice jamb didn't take it out . Would save the additional cost of keeping part of the junk as a heritage project.

Why are we borrowing 11 million? We were told it would only cost 9 million. Oh well the cup is half full.

Cjheers

Yes too bad the icejam didnt take out the bridge maybe it could have moved it to cottonwood so it could remain a walking bridge, what i want to know is why not replace the concrete footings, they are going to put a new supperstructure on old concreete so what happens when the concreet starts to fail well before the new bridge what are they going to do close it again, and then waste more money and destroy more roads throughout our city. Who elected this group of pompas city councillors anyways, time for a new change, get rid of the whole bunch including the mayor, time for new ideas and fresh thinking

Old wooden bridge footings... If a new bridge were to be built today, the design of the old footings would not be acceptable under todays engineering standards. However our city gets around this problem by saying that this is a rebuild of an existing structure. Doesn't make sense to me to spend money dressing up an old structure especially when it does not meet existing standards. Could someone from the city engineering dept. explain this. Correct me if I am wrong. BEN--- do you know anyone at the city that could/would answer this question?

I like the idea of keeping the bridge as a heritage structure. It would last a long time as a pedistrian & biking bridge. Too many of our heritage structures are getting wiped out for "New" structures.

I am proud of the home owners in the beatup (Politically) Millar Addition who have kept their homes authentic.

The idea of an industrial bridge at the east end of first avenue makes the best sense, but then the present council does not seem to have much of that.

If I understand it the present council wants to put a heating plant just below Patrica Blvd. That area next to the bank was always slotted as a road (As far back as I can remember) to connect to the present road that goes behind city hall. I guess because the city yards expanded over the years thye figure that they can throw the plant down there too.

What a poor council we are suffering, I am sure our founding fathers are turning over in their graves over the lousy management of our city and the never hearing ears that the present council and too long serving mayor has.

Whew!
PG Pioneer

The engineer that signs off on this better get his/her head examined along with city hall for supporting this.
- The current concrete piles are engineered for the weight of the 75 year old wood bridge structure. Not a modern steel or cement deck plus modern traffic loads.
- The piles will reach the end of their life before new the deck and super structure witch will require replacement.
- They will have to alter the old cement piles to accomodate the new bridge bearings which risks cracking of the cement.
When you cut corners on bridges you risk public safety. Spend the money and replace the whole thing!!
-I also agree the current bridge should be kept as heritage feature because of its history and unique wood engineering.