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Originally Posted by jonesrmj
Finally! It's been forever since I've herd from this project. Although, I still am unsure about why it's needed because when I'm down at the riverfront, I don't ever run into traffic issues.
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Well, on a normal day, there's no traffic, on a game day, some weekends, or if any kind of decent aized event occurs, leaving the riverfront is a pain and a half. Traffic is bumper to bumper from all the way back at the shipyard shoppes to the light to go 95, or the backway (behind the stadium) is backed up to the stop sign as well. It's always a mess, this bridge should make it 100 times easier to leave and alleviate a lot of traffic.
Secondly, if you look at both sides of the riverfront, they're drastically different and disconnected. On one, you have the almost complete, ever-growing, live, work, play vibe with a mix of urban flow.
On the other, you have expensive condos, and a barely leased shopping center anchored by a Shoprite, some industrial lots, and a depressed neighborhood. The bridge will join the two riverfronts, allowing the prosperity on the west side of the river to flow to the east, and redevelop/rebrand (gentrify) Southbridge into South Wilmington. The riverfront will really show it's potential, as will the city as a whole when this bridge is complete.
You, like me, and many others want another tower soon, and this bridge is one of the first steps to bringing us that new tower (if not several)!