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The City of Atlanta, like many (most?) urban governments, can't do simple tasks at a reasonable cost. It spent $27 million on a pedestrian bridge over a surface
by Mountain_Skies 3y ago
The City of Atlanta, like many (most?) urban governments, can't do simple tasks at a reasonable cost. It spent $27 million on a pedestrian bridge over a surface road and during the primary justification for it, the Super Bowl, wasn't even used.
https://atlanta.curbed.com/2019/1/29/18201457/super-bowl-liii-downtown-pedestrian-bridge-streetcar https://atlanta.curbed.com/2019/1/29/18201457/super-bowl-lii...
Around the same time, a nearby suburban county only spent $10 million for a pedestrian and road bridge over a heavily used Interstate highway to get fans from parking areas to their stadium.
- bombcar 3y agoAccording to that article, it was used exactly for what it was intended for - to allow the privileged to stay away from the horrible urban masses.