Yup. It’s against federal law to block navigable waters with low bridges. Don’t blame the yachters.

This is far from the most egregious example of this effect. They’ve probably spent billions of dollars keeping the upper Hackensack river in NJ navigable, and almost nobody uses it anymore.

Lol, MA republicans are a joke.

What law did they get appealed? Should lawyers not enjoy the freedoms of the First Amendment like you?

Best wishes OP

I would really like it if they just finished the fucking north washington st. bridge.

But now it risks getting graffiti all over it!

The party of fiscal responsibility!

It's almost like this is what happens when you neglect to maintain infrastructure for decades.

You can get a good photoshop done for dirt cheap these days too.

Lol, MA republicans are a joke.

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I remember this one bc they have a billboard visible from my apartment that had the same image on.

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Well, that and the fact that the bridge needs to be replaced no matter what since it is part of Morrissey Boulevard, unless the plan is to shut down Morrissey Boulevard indefinitely.

I feel like people are interpreting this as $122 million of "unnecessary" spending that could be completely avoided, but there's no way to completely avoid this spending. Some portion of that spending would need to happen anyways even if the plan was to rebuild it as a standard bridge. Standard bridges do cost quite a bit of money themselves.

Edit: for reference, this is where the bridge is located, it's not a bridge specifically in place to access the yacht club (in fact, from what I can tell it isn't a good way to access the yacht club at all), it's part of a main road: https://goo.gl/maps/R2VNgSHWE6erXyqV6

> The bridge needs to be replaced no matter what

Maybe the state will tie it in with the planned rehab of that section of Morrissey (that has been in the works for years).

The bridge is for cars driving on Morrissey Boulevard, it does not provide access to the yacht club.

The bridge needs to be replaced no matter what as otherwise there will be a break in Morrissey Boulevard, I am guessing the complaint is that it has to be rebuilt as a more expensive drawbridge so the boats can leave the inlet as opposed to a less expensive standard bridge.

But there would need to be a bridge there either way, even if the yacht club didn't exist. So it's pretty misleading to present this as a cost that could be completely avoided, the bridge does need to be replaced. Yes, part of the cost could be avoided if it weren't drawbridge, but standard bridges still cost significant money to replace as well.

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It's a nice headline but the real problem is that the area is considered a 'navigable waterway' which means it has very strong federal protections from the USCG. It's hard to get those overturned

I would not say it is bad, but that with Harvard, Mit, Boston University , and Northeastern in town we are spoiled for excellent colleges.

But I agree for 43,000 it does not have a lot of reputational clout.

It’s a drawbridge. They need to go under it. Kind of a non story because the bridge also serves drivers. I guess it’s more expensive to replace a drawbridge but I feel like it always costs a shit ton to replace/repair a bridge regardless.

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Hi.

Yes, that’s what crime is