Comments on: Peace Bridge OMFG

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:23:56 +0000

Supid enviromentalist and the se gul like birds should shut their mouths, Buffalo takes 1 step forward tand they put us 2 steps back. The birds will adapt and go a different way, get over it.

By: Jim Ostrowski

Jim Ostrowski — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:52:26 +0000

Since the Canadians built their plaza, they have no traffic problems. My gut feeling is we do not need a bridge at all. Just more inspectors with less paranoia about gramma being a terrist. Use the money to take down the Skyway. Not only is it noisy at the Canal Zone but also at Times beach–incredibly noisy. Must go.

By: hank

hank — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:35:13 +0000

I nominate Mike for WNY Fucktard of the year.

By: Timothy Domst

Timothy Domst — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:39:02 +0000

I meant to say “I think the only thing wrong etc.”

By: Timothy Domst

Timothy Domst — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:37:43 +0000

I hate the pointy bridge, it looks like something “futuristic” from Walt Disney in the 50s. think the only thing wrong with the present bridge is the bump over the canal, they should put a couple of the Figg bridge supports on the old bridge to get rid of the bump, then figure out if they are going to keep all the booths open before they even build a new one, because the bottleneck is always the booths.

By: jen

jen — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:59:20 +0000

Good one Ward!

This whole thing is so effing ridiculous, it makes the whole area look so pathetic. I doubt a bridge, any bridge, will “magically” improve WNY, but I, like many, are just so freaking sick of hearing about it!

By: Prodigal Son

Prodigal Son — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:37:52 +0000

Okay, I don’t get it, so someone please explain it to me.

How is it that this same “singature” cable-bridge can be built in Boston, and other places, but only here birds would run into it? Are birds smarter in Boston? It was federal bureaucrats that killed this, not inept Buffalo politicians. Are the environmental-loving people of San Francisco just lucky the golden gate bridge got built before exhaustive (and exhausting) environmental reviews?

I can deal with either bridge being built. They both look fine to me. I might even accept that the cable bridge is bad for birds. But there are birds in Boston. Why is it okat to build this bridge there, and not here?

By: Ward

Ward — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:17:18 +0000

The obvious solution is to eliminate the offending bird. Hire twenty-five twelve year old boys, arm them with slingshots, line them up on the Bird Island Riverwalk, and let them leave no tern un-stoned.

By: Shawn Micallef

Shawn Micallef — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:07:23 +0000

There may not be cars around in 2030. Maybe it can be converted to bikes and electric trains.

By: Buffalo Rox

Buffalo Rox — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:50:37 +0000

I agree with Mike from WNY that it is graceful. It also serves as a modern contrast to the original steel truss bridge. Most importantly, the Menn designed span was not the signature bridge advocated by the people who held the design selection. As Frieda points out, the Charlestown-Bunker Hill-Leonard Zakim Bridge in Boston uses a similar design. So does a bridge in Delaware. Let’s get over the notion that the Menn design is a signature bridge and move forward with building the Figg designed bridge.