EDITORIAL – Why a new North Thompson Bridge is a good idea
McLure Ferry. (Image: Mel Rothenburger)
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger.
THE RECENT DISCUSSION here on the Armchair Mayor about scrapping plans for the Singh Street Bridge raised questions about the need for a new crossing on the North Thompson River.
Why not a crossing between Westsyde and Rayleigh or Heffley, some asked?
This is a good point. The lack of a bridge anywhere north of the Halston adds a tremendous amount of time, and greenhouse gases, for anyone having to travel from one side of the river to the other.
Mel Rothenburger’s Armchair Mayor editorials appear Mondays through Thursdays on CFJC- TV. His Armchair Mayor column is published Saturdays on ArmchairMayor.ca and CFJC Today. Contact him at mrothenburger@armchairmayor.ca.
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A good idea you say? For all the people it will serve…I think is a bad idea. A bridge near the Kamloops not-really-International Airport to somewhere on Mission Flats road and then forbid heavy trucks from going through the downtown…that is a super-duper good idea. I bet you not even Arjun Singh thought of that one!
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