Troubled bridge over water: Part Two

There are still four known victims with the rubble/river of the 35W bridge collapse, their family and friends must still deal every day with not only their loss-but that they are still missing. Their information is listed in the post below-please, keep their family and friends in your thoughts and prayers.

Yesterday, Tuesday August 14th, MN/DOT unveiled the preliminary plans to rebuild the 35W bridge(click this post heading to see their plans.)

First of all, please again take note that there are still four known victims missing. I would very politely request of MN/DOT to please, table this discussion until we have completely finished ALL recovery efforts. Table ALL public discussion, retract current press release(s) and hold off on ALL future press releases regarding the re-building efforts until such a time ALL victims families are given closer. That does not mean you cannot continue to work on rebuilding efforts behind closed doors. That does not mean you cannot continue to work with any of the companies that have put forth a rebuilding proposal to carefully analyze what each is proposing to do.

It does mean you should publicly be more respectful of the ongoing recovery efforts!

As much as I would love to jump into this discussion about what you put forth as your rebuilding proposal-it is not the right time. As much as your proposal caused me to toss and turn last night and ultimately cost me valuable sleep-it is not the right time.

I'll just say this in summary; do not act in haste. I realize we have a severed major artery & lifeline in regards to transportation within the Twin Cities right now and we need to make that reconnection. However, it must be done right the first time. It must be rebuilt with great consideration to both our current and future transportation needs. Most importantly, it must reflect who we are as a community and it must not take lightly the great loss we have suffered because of this tragedy.

The people that make up the fabric of this community are strong and we will do what it takes to get by for now. Yes, traffic is a mess-all roadways are even more congested than before-it is a HUGE inconvenience to many, many people...but we will make the best of it for now. We all want to be part of this rebuilding, but only when the time is right to move forward and only if we take the time to think it through clearly and do it right.