Comments on: Post Hurricane Causeway Repair Update

By: terry

terry — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:21:51 +0000

It’s a simple exercise as I stated years ago. The only bussiness that would suffer would be the Gas Station at the bottom of Blue Hole Hill.

Build the damn bridge from Coney Island to near/where the round-a-bout is. Short distance. No coral etc will be affected as there is hardly any there now nor has been for years. Or you can really screw it up with a span too Ferry Reach and that would involve road widening and property purchases etc and that would make Ferry Road another Kindley Field road.

Or……just build a pontoon bridge from Coney Island and enjoy the bumpy ride yeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

By: Yoda

Yoda — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:58:57 +0000

Salty car wash? LOL What of the salty & windy showers for those on scooters! Very annoying to find the causeway closed with little or no notice when the wind picks up a bit. Sure it makes living down the east a little more irritating along with the swing bridge opening and closing but atleast that’s on a schedule and with Longbird out of commision, there’s only one to beat instead of two.

Bridge on piles connecting Kindley Feild to Blue Hole – not in my lifetime. At best they will reinforce the concrete and just deal with the repairs every 5 – 10 years.

By: Veebyes

Veebyes — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:17:31 +0000

What makes it so difficult & take so long to build a type of bridge so commonly seen everywhere else in the civilized world in Bermuda. Fabian was 2003! So far this PLP Government has delivered nothing but talk & throne speach promises to replace the bridge.

Build it on piles. Build it so that the road is at least 15′ above the mean high water mark. This way there will be no need to close the bridge every time a storm comes along. There will be no more salt water car washes on a windy day. The sea will pass harmlessly under the bridge.

There is money to waste on Beyonce, useless tourism promotions in places we will never see a visitor from, new buses which are never used, money pit fast ferrys etc. etc. but a needed bridge is impossible to build.

By: Yoda

Yoda — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:59:42 +0000

Not gonna happen.

By: WillWay

WillWay — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:29:20 +0000

Look Just build additional walls alongside the causeway on both sides. The space in-between on both sides can be filled in and used as a pull-over or park sorta like the ones on south road except the length of the causeway. We could even name the park after a national hero or whatever. Put some nice palm trees alongside and some picnic benches. It’ll keep the water away from the road, tourists and locals alike will love it, and the worst thing that could happen during a storm is the loss of the palm trees. Whats better, you could even get rid of the hideous walls that presently block the scenery and view and put perhaps a sidewalk? pedalbike/jogging paths? C’mon anything but what’s there now.