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11-05-2009, 05:24 PM
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As mentioned in Vter's links and in my last post NYDOT is in charge of the project as well as this emergency situation.
Here is the latest news about bridgegate :wink:
http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=11450053
Last edited by MRVphotog; 11-05-2009 at 05:35 PM..
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11-09-2009, 07:03 AM
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This is not good news for folks that need to cross the lake. Nothing is going to happen soon, but money will be spent by the states and lost by the local people.
Dig planned for site of proposed N.Y.-Vt. ferry: Times Argus Online
A temporary ferry service would require construction on both shorelines at historically sensitive places that were the sites of British and French forts and settlements. At the New York end of the bridge, a state historic site that's home to 18th-century military ruins is directly across the road from the campground where other colonial remnants have been found.
On the Vermont side, artifacts from French settlements dating back to the mid-1700s have been uncovered at a place known as Chimney Point.
If the ferry project gets approval from regulatory agencies in both states, access roads would have to be built from the Vermont and New York bridge approach roads to the shorelines, crossing ground occupied by armies of Englishmen, Frenchmen and Americans for much of the 1700s.
"It's one of the major French and British military concentrations in the country, and before that you would have had Native Americans,"
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11-09-2009, 02:48 PM
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11-09-2009, 04:00 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vter
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As awful as this is, and as much as something needs to be done for everyone who depends on getting between NY and Vermont, I am SO glad it happened this way instead of through a horrible tragedy of the bridge collapsing with people on it. If nothing else, the order to close the bridge immediately may have saved many lives. |
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11-09-2009, 05:13 PM
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Just saw the story on WCAX and the locals, they interviewed, are happy with this outcome. The temp free ferry is hoped to up and running in a couple of weeks. There are two commercial operating ferries in the area so they want the temp(2/3 years at least) bridge ferry to be done before they close down for the winter.
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11-10-2009, 11:59 AM
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Is the free ferry service up and running in Charlotte? Do you need to do anything in advance? I checked the websites listed and did not see how the service is actually coordinated. I need to take the ferry on Friday and I would like to avoid some kind of surprise, like needing a voucher or something else.
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11-10-2009, 03:55 PM
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Yes, the Essex ferry is free. Nothing needed. Just drive up to the ticket window and the'll hand you a boarding pass. I used the ferry last week.
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11-18-2009, 01:19 PM
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The bridge is safe.
The bridge has some repairs being made.
The bridge is safe.
The bridge is closed.
The bridge will be repaired.
The bridge won't be repaired.
The bridge is so bad we don't think their should be boat traffic under it!
The bridge will be torn down ASAP [assuming it doesn't fall on a boat first].
Gov. Douglas:....pleased with the progress thats been made with the bridge situation.
Wow.
Wow.
Wow.
*off to look up definition of "pleased" because the current "progress" wouldn't please me*
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12-19-2009, 11:48 AM
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12-19-2009, 12:59 PM
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That will be cool to watch. They should tie some fireworks in with the Demolition charges and make a spectacle out of it.
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