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Old Posted Nov 19, 2007, 7:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Andrea View Post
Rob, I certainly appreciate that but good design and cost consciousness are not mutually exclusive. We also have to bear in mind that our investments in infrastructure are investments in our collective future. They’ll be there for generations to come. We're a mature, affluent world class city of over 5 million people. There's no reason we shouldn't pay as least as much attention to our public structures as other similar cities around the globe.
I agree with you Andrea but unfortunately I believe this is the argument that will be raised until we have a solid, sustainable source of transportation funding in place. I would love to see more context-sensitive bridges such as 5th Street but I have yet to talk to any GDOT official that is actually happy and excited about this kind've design.
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