by Jim @ Gandy Plaza
To my last email I wrote, I forgot the most important thing. When I was talking to that THEA Director, I ask why spend so much money if we are looking to take about 20 to 40 % cars off Gandy Blvd. Spending that much money for lets say 40% it is about 22,000 cars or less, at $138,000,000.00 is foolish. He said that THEA`s predictions is to take some cars off of the Howard Franklin and other roads (about 7,000 to 10,000 + cars) and encourage people to use Gandy. So I said you WANT more cars because you are looking out for your pockets. More cars traveled the more tolls paid. What about the increased traffic from the Gandy bridge to 4th street, St. Pete. Are you going to put up another bridge or express lanes in the middle so you can charge another toll? What about the ware and tear of the Gandy Bridge for the increase traffic of cars and trucks, so you would also increase that ware and tear and be forced to spend MORE money to keep the Gandy Bridge from becoming like the Friendship Trail Bridge. Keep that money for our existing bridges. I know, if you do not ues it you loose it. Then take that money and fix the Friendship Trail Bridge, so we can still keep the record as the longest walking bridge in the world. Then the director and his partner had to force me away and say that this meeting is OVER.
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