Comments on: Could a TIGER save Durham’s American Tobacco Trail bridge? https://getgoingnc.com/2011/08/could-a-tiger-save-durham%e2%80%99s-american-tobacco-trail-bridge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=could-a-tiger-save-durham%25e2%2580%2599s-american-tobacco-trail-bridge Explore the outdoors, discover yourself. Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:41:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: Tom https://getgoingnc.com/2011/08/could-a-tiger-save-durham%e2%80%99s-american-tobacco-trail-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-33019 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:41:07 +0000 http://getgoingnc.com/?p=2922#comment-33019 Joe, I know Sig Hutchinson has been a great advocate of greenways and I know greenways have helped make Raleigh/Cary/Durham a great place to live. But in all you described above, has anyone looked at making the bridge cheaper or actually saving the money over time to make up the difference?

Our country is in a mess financially and based on Sig going for stimulus money to solve this shows we have no control on our wishes and wants. Delayed gratification is a good thing. I remember that Durham scrapped a bridge design a while back when Raleigh did the bridge at Meredith college over 440 which was 3 million plus. Sure it is a nice bridge and all, but Durham felt it had to keep up with the Jones. I wonder if it is the same bridge that is now over 6 million.

Tom

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