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| Newell Road Bridge which connects Palo Alto and East Palo Alto |
" Residents of East Palo Alto and Palo Alto still aren't seeing eye-to-eye over a plan to replace the 102-year-old Newell Road Bridge that connects their cities. .... The bridge is being eyed for replacement as part of a flood protection project along San Francisquito Creek."
Options between the two cities include: 1) two-lane span current alignment, 2) two-lane span improved offset between two roads, 3) one-lane span, 4) possibly leaving the current bridge in place.
| Four choices, five opinions. One choices is best, why ask? |
.... "Palo Alto City Manager James
Keene stressed that a decision regarding the bridge would not be made
without a full vetting of all the options and input from both cities.
But he made it clear that the span would ultimately have to be replaced
because it constricts the creek. .... "We're trying to get everybody unhappy with us for different reasons," the city manager quipped." Read more.
Related - Palo Alto Weekly/Sue Dremann, 10/11/13. "Newell Bridge options to be discussed Thursday, officials to seek residents' guidance on selecting from eight plans." "The San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority
(JPA) has been working to solve flooding problems along the creek, and
rebuilding the bridges by 2015 is part of an overarching flood-control
plan. A Caltrans-funded project will also restructure the bridges on
both east and west sides of U.S. Highway 101.
Note photographs: The Newell Road Bridge is from the related Palo Alto Weekly article (above). The unhappy face is from the Frisky blog.
Posted by Kathy Meeh
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