Lady MacErpenbach was preaching the benefits of pedestrian bridges;
Phase two is expected to begin this summer. Part of the next phase requires moving the pedestrian bridge on 8th Street and building a new one resembling the bridge near Cherapa Place. The cost for moving the old bridge, designing and building a new bridge and permits could be around $1.5 million. Erpenbach said it is more cost effective to do this now.
Let’s go over this one more time; THERE IS ALREADY PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES OVER 6TH AND 8TH STREETS, THEY ARE CALLED FREAKING SIDEWALKS!
This project still has me scratching my head. While beautiful, it only seems to benefit the businesses that are adjacent to the greenway while the lowly taxpayer pays for it.
Why don’t we take the $4 million dollars and put it back in the reserves. And if a turd explosion happens again in a large neighborhood, we have money to fix it.
Maybe I’m just talking out of my ass . . .