Comments on: UK Team Contracted For Bridge Design Services

By: Wahoo juice

Wahoo juice — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 14:33:09 +0000

Maybe charge people per comment on social media as a way of raising funds.

By: Real Deal

Real Deal — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 14:25:07 +0000

Sad but True. these people making so much money on alcohol. back in the day when i used to drink and party i was spending around $500 on the weekends for drinks at the clubs in town. that is crazy because i know they dont import the drinks for no where near $500 for the amount i drink

By: Camera SShy

Camera SShy — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 11:42:39 +0000

FOF, Over Budget,Crap workmanship, Rebuild, all come to my mind from past performance

By: Time will Tell

Time will Tell — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 01:08:19 +0000

Whole island uses it so why should only one side pay for it?

By: Antlee

Antlee — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 00:45:19 +0000

Interesting that no cost information has been provided here…. Surely this UK company isn’t “starting immediately” for free?!

I pray the PLP doesn’t make a mess of this. Their track record on capital projects is subpar to say the least. And our heads are barely above water as it is.

By: Strictly politics

Strictly politics — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 23:48:31 +0000

PLP gotta fix the OBA screw up! And you koolaid drinkers know it’s the truth!

By: Object for the sake of it a la airport

Object for the sake of it a la airport — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 22:37:29 +0000

if they do it will be a 10 year project like bus shelters

By: Object for the sake of it a la airport

Object for the sake of it a la airport — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 22:36:00 +0000

I smell airport all over. Private enterprise 2 important bridges, no consultation, giving money away oh my god what else ??

By: Izzypop

Izzypop — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 20:37:29 +0000

All this was done under previous govt. a company came here and dug test holes to see where it’s best to build bridges. Why aren’t they using that info and save money

By: bee

bee — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 19:44:18 +0000

please! another capital project the PLP will effup.

By: sonso

sonso — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:33:15 +0000

The PLP has a plant nursery full of them apparently.

By: facts of the rock

facts of the rock — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:12:44 +0000

“Bridge over troubled waters” comes to mind.

By: I know

I know — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 17:55:06 +0000

or charger higher TCD for those who live that side…

By: puzzled

puzzled — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 17:39:49 +0000

Traffic is as bad as hell as it is.
People gonna stop pay a toll or E-ZEE Pass ?
Come on.
Just raise the price of drinks for all the poor locals who drink themselves to death on Friday/Saturday nights in Hamilton alone.
5 cents a drink will cover costs.

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 17:18:31 +0000

Without a doubt both are long past use by dates. Causeway replacement was needed way before Fabian blew through in 2003. The PLP promised replacement in about every Throne Speech after it. True to form, it has all come down to just talk.

Get it right this time. No exposed steel that needs to be maintained. Make it wide enough, 4 lane, & high enough, road level at least 10′ higher with a high point over the channel enough to allow most powerboats & tourboats, not sailboats, to use.

The swing bridge needs to be replaced with something much less complex to operate & maintain. Google Knapps Narrows Bridge to see a bridge spanning a similar body of water. This one happens to be the busiest on the East Coast. On Demand 24/7.

By: Wahoo juice

Wahoo juice — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 17:09:30 +0000

This is the same government that spent money on redesign/relocation of causeway. It counts for nothing until there is real action.

By: smitty

smitty — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:42:51 +0000

..or charge every boater who needs to have the bridges opened..

..most likely toll-bridges..

..where’s the money coming from..

..heaven help us if W+E get involved..

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:23:06 +0000

Its needed no doubt …
Toll Both on the Longbird brdge is coming , its either that or a % increase in fuel to pay for these. But one or the other is coming

By: spanner breath

spanner breath — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:11:38 +0000

Where’s the money tree!

By: puzzled

puzzled — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 15:58:34 +0000

UK?

I smell Yorkshire pudding