More Possible Delays on Hood Canal Bridge
People waiting to cross the Hood Canal Bridge can still expect delays because of continued retrofitting being done on the west half of the bridge.
Joe Irwin, spokesman for the Hood Canal Bridge project, said:
“Now that the bridge is again open to traffic, ongoing construction activities such as anchor cable replacement, ballasting and other adjustments — both expected and unexpected — could affect how long draw span operations take. We didn’t want to delay the June reopening of the bridge to accomplish these tasks, but they need to continue throughout the summer to get the bridge in shape for the winter and assure optimal performance in the future.”
Travelers can stay informed of unexpected bridge closures by signing up for text message alerts. Go to this website, click on “e-mail updates” (in the upper right hand corner) and follow their instructions.
Joe Irwin, spokesman for the Hood Canal Bridge project, said:
“Now that the bridge is again open to traffic, ongoing construction activities such as anchor cable replacement, ballasting and other adjustments — both expected and unexpected — could affect how long draw span operations take. We didn’t want to delay the June reopening of the bridge to accomplish these tasks, but they need to continue throughout the summer to get the bridge in shape for the winter and assure optimal performance in the future.”
Travelers can stay informed of unexpected bridge closures by signing up for text message alerts. Go to this website, click on “e-mail updates” (in the upper right hand corner) and follow their instructions.
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posted by Tom Harper at 8:34 PM
5 Comments:
Just what the city needs: A transportation link to a remote city that is unpredictable.
At $3 a gallon, I'm sure lots of folks will get in their cars to drive out 120 miles from the rest of the civilized state, trying to visit the Subways and McDonalds in Port Angeles to sample le difference, knowing that the bridge may or may not be passable.
We all know it is the way of the future: Communities all over will be encouraging their residents to travel the 250 miles (from the I-5corridor where most tourists Port Angeles relies upon come from) to Port Angeles and back, in the interests of energy efficiencies, climate change, etc. Of COURSE!
Will the PDN be running those "Bridge Closed" banner ads again?
None of it has had any effect on me what so ever. It's just the local money mongers that fuss about it because they think they will lose a buck.
I think we should charge others to come here.
maybe we could have some kind of ads "come see our soiled baby diaper embellished town" "come see our headless/armless rusting fat people sculptures" "come see our big old over priced welcome to PA sign" "come shop at Edna P's shop... have an overpriced meal anywhere, and then drive back and get a ticket from the troopers for going 3 1/2 miles over the speed limit"
I don't know about people coming to see our "headless/armless rusting fat people sculptures", but I know some people come up to see Websters Woods. Well, actually the Geocache site near there, but they toured the woods while there.
Yes, people come all the way here for geocaching. I think the moral of that one is you never know what people are going to come up here for. It's a strange world. Someday, someone could even write a series of books about angsty teen vampires and werewolves falling in love with a human girl and that could bring a slew of people here. Okay, that's a pretty far out there example. But you never know.
"I think the moral of that one is you never know what people are going to come up here for."
Yes. I see on the Discovery Channel that throngs of people visit, and even live in municipal dumps. Would you call that a viable, sustainable community?
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