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December 23, 2008
Greening the CRC
The latest diversion from the climate change impacts of a 12-lane bridge? Wind turbines.
Posted by Chris Smith at 9:46 AM
Comments
December 23, 2008 11:29 AM
Ray Whitford Says:
So Funny!!!
I mentioned years ago at the CRC meeting that the bridge needed to be iconic. Now only after adding wind turbines do we finally see a cable-stayed structure. I had been told back then that having multiple lower towers wouldn't work with the Pearson Airpark demands.
So funny that the engineers say it can't be done and then: Look! Now we have towers and cable suspension! Who know that we could do it!
This has been such a joke from a public relations standpoint. They told me that HSR couldn't be incorporated into the design and I lost interest. But now we have designs that give the CRC a true "iconic" nature. Maybe they finally understand what the CRC can mean to the region.
Ray Whitford
December 23, 2008 4:10 PM
Douglas K. Says:
Great idea. It WOULD be more attractive than a concrete slab. Strip a half dozen freeway lanes off the new bridge, recycle the existing bridges for local traffic and transit, and we might have something worth talking about.
December 23, 2008 5:07 PM
Erik Halstead Says:
More talk means less action.
Just build the damn bridge already. (Damn? Hey, what a GREAT idea! Why build a bridge when we can build a DAM!!! With clean hydropower underneath it, solar and wind atop it...)





