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Seems like much ado about nothing to me. They were going to dissemble the bridge to sail the yacht through then reassemble it at Bezos's expense. Reading the

Seems like much ado about nothing to me. They were going to dissemble the bridge to sail the yacht through then reassemble it at Bezos's expense. Reading the Wikipedia page on this it looks like they took the bridge down as recently as 2015 for some renovations, so it's not like taking the bridge down is some unthinkable or unprecedented thing either. Why was this a problem?

corrral 4y ago
Is the bridge not in use? If it is in use, seems ridiculous to remove access, even temporarily, to a public resource, just because one rich guy is bad at planning and/or extremely arrogant.
- googlryas 4y ago
  It's not in use.
  - corrral 4y ago
    Oh, well then, seems fine. Weird.
    - googlryas 4y ago
      It's entirely a "I hate Bezos so everything he does is bad". Weird how the citizens of Rotterdam had no issue with Bezos pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into their shipyard, but only got upset when they realized he would have to get his ship out somehow. On top of all this, the bridge was dismantled 5 years ago for a renovation...it's not like it has never been done before.
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      - memen 4y ago
        It is not like the citizens of Rotterdam are involved in this shipyards business. The shipyard is not even in Rotterdam (Alblasserdam), but its ships have to go to sea. Also, the dutch shipyarding business is quite secretive about the actual buyer, partly due to the controverse that may arise. On top of that, 'De Hef' is one of the most iconic historic bridges in the Netherlands and especially for the citizens of Rotterdam.
        googlryas 4y ago
        Alblasserdam is 20km from Rotterdam, to someone not familiar with the legal boundaries, it would probably appear to be all part of the same conurbation/metropolitan area. I'm sure many of the shipbuilders are living or at least spending their Bezos money in Rotterdam. Sure it is an iconic bridge...so what though? it's not like they were just going to dismantle it and leave it on the ground.

corrral 4y ago

Is the bridge not in use? If it is in use, seems ridiculous to remove access, even temporarily, to a public resource, just because one rich guy is bad at planning and/or extremely arrogant.

googlryas 4y ago
It's not in use.
- corrral 4y ago
  Oh, well then, seems fine. Weird.
  - googlryas 4y ago
    It's entirely a "I hate Bezos so everything he does is bad". Weird how the citizens of Rotterdam had no issue with Bezos pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into their shipyard, but only got upset when they realized he would have to get his ship out somehow. On top of all this, the bridge was dismantled 5 years ago for a renovation...it's not like it has never been done before.
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    - memen 4y ago
      It is not like the citizens of Rotterdam are involved in this shipyards business. The shipyard is not even in Rotterdam (Alblasserdam), but its ships have to go to sea. Also, the dutch shipyarding business is quite secretive about the actual buyer, partly due to the controverse that may arise. On top of that, 'De Hef' is one of the most iconic historic bridges in the Netherlands and especially for the citizens of Rotterdam.
      - googlryas 4y ago
        Alblasserdam is 20km from Rotterdam, to someone not familiar with the legal boundaries, it would probably appear to be all part of the same conurbation/metropolitan area. I'm sure many of the shipbuilders are living or at least spending their Bezos money in Rotterdam. Sure it is an iconic bridge...so what though? it's not like they were just going to dismantle it and leave it on the ground.