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Posted: 7:34 AM Mar 8, 2010
Dear Mr. President: Fix The Bonner Bridge
An environmental group has written President Barack Obama, supporting a 17-mile bridge to replace the old one that crosses North Carolina's Oregon Inlet.
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An environmental group has written President Obama, supporting a 17-mile bridge to replace the old one that crosses North Carolina's Oregon Inlet.
The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Va., reported the Southern Environmental Law Center wrote the president last week, stating its support for the $1 billion design. It would bypass N.C. 12 through the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge.
Sen. Marc Basnight wrote Obama last month, urging him to end the bureaucratic gridlock on the project that exists even though two federal agencies favor a plan to build a bridge parallel to the existing one.
The Bonner Bridge was built in 1963 and is in poor condition. State transportation officials say numerous repairs mean it is safe to cross.
Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
Latest Comments
If they build the short bridge we will continue to have the same problems that we have now. The short bridge is just a patch. A long bridge would end the problem, there is too much current running thru Oregon Inlet.
17 miles? Are you kidding? That's as long as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in Virginia. They can't fix the potholes and railroad bumps in Greenville! Solution: Don't build it and they still will come.
Thats funny...you know he will not do that! TRUST ME!
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