[skeptoid]

Note the remote location on this map (from the article).

Despite the quotes from the 'disappointed', many locals are relieved. The sized of the project was comparable to the Golden Gate Bridge...... to serve a population of around thirteen thousand. .

[Cobra64]

[Cobra64]

There's a lot of that going around...

[rottndog]

If the state doesn’t think it important enough to build the bridge, the feds don’t have any business funding it.

[LADY J]

"We went through political hot water -- tons of it -- and not just nationally but internationally," said Ketchikan-Gateway Borough Mayor Joe Williams. "We have nothing to show for it."

What do you expect!! A stupidly nothing project that saved the tax payers a lot of money by not falling for it.

Next time pick something worth while and maybe we'll talk!!

[ontap]

I got to admit this is the first time I heard about a airport being on the other side. What surprised me was that the bridge is only 1200 feet long, 329 million,Damn!

[RightWhale]

• many locals are relieved

  There are two main forces in Alaska. One is pro-development, the other is anti-development. The Republican/Democrat/Green political parties tend to follow this division. The antis are relieved since they prefer their population to not grow and especially no industry to appear, and please send the PFD check as soon as possible. The pros want to see development and industry and please send the PFD check as soon as possible.

[millerph]

I’ve listened to people trash the so called “bridge to nowhere” for months now and I just can’t keep quite anymore.
1. I wonder how many of you have ever been to Alaska? I’ve been twice and really want to go again. I think most who have been feel the same way. Is the price tag for the locals to get to the airport? No, it’s for tourist. Tourism dollars would pay for that bridge much sooner than you might think.
2. Look at the size of that island it makes accessable. Do you think the bridge would only be used to go to the airport? I would guess that fishing lodges would spring up since it is one of the best fishing areas anywhere. Summer homes would be built, etc. The bridge is an investment.
3. Sure you can get there by boat, just like they used to have to get to Manhattan island by boat. I would rather have access to Gravina Island in a beautiful area populated with conservative people than to the liberal cesspool of Manhattan.