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Hampton Roads economy
needs shipping. It is one of the best private industries we have considering all the government money in the area.
Any future plans need to be considered, particularly if the other bridges on the river are old also, and will eventually be modernized or replaced.
We can't live off the government dole forever.
Ah, well, that didn't take long
As I suspected, someone wants to bring more and bigger ships in
http://hamptonroads.com/2009/07/deepwater-commercial-site-elizabeth-river-sale
And worse, this site is on the East side of the Elizabeth River, so any container truck traffic it generates will have to go North to the Downtown Tunnel or South to the High Rise Bridge on I464 to go West.
Like those crossing aren't already congested enough. It would be poor planning to encourage any more container truck traffic East of the River.
Exactly my point. The
Exactly my point. The Jordan Bridge is gone now so why rush to replace it? Norfolk and MPO let the old bridge close without any discussion, and there should be considerable consideration about any replacement. We already made our choice many years ago when we voted down the third crossing - time to live with the consequences.
Absolutely, Mr. Rothman.
Absolutely, Mr. Rothman. The old Jordan Bridge is gone now, so what's the hurry. There are big industries south of the bridge that need to be considered.
Mr. Schucet is a former VDOT commissioner with a college education in Russian History, no transportation experience. He's the one pushing the devolopers bid, obviously for a big profit. Don't think they care about us.
But does it need shipping from Chesapeake?
There is already plenty of port capacity available with the Craney Island expansion, and it will not need more bridge or tunnel capacity there.
The question we should be asking is why would we expect much larger ships to be transiting the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River, which is narrow and shallow compared to the Craney Island port?
Shortsighted Bridge Plan
Yes, yes, yes Mr. Ball, you are so correct. Why let these developers make money at the expense to this region's economy when Norfolk and Portsmouth (and the MPO) let Chesapeake close the old Jordan Bridge with little or no discussion. The new bridge proposal needs to be carefully studied by all responsible parties.
Oh oh, something is going on we don't know about
The proposed bridge would not be a problem for any of the shipping that currently uses the Elizabeth River, so we should consider why all this opposition?
Is there a secret plan for a new port facility afoot? Something that would bring larger container ships into Chesapeake, with the associated added truck traffic to burden our already overstressed roads?
Perhaps we should not only build the bridge, but also place mines.