Massachusetts to Use Federal Stimulus Funds for Footbridge to Patriots Place

[John S]

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D) is moving to forgo fixing the
crumbling state infrastructure with $9 million (est) of precious federal
taxpayer stimulus funds, so that they money can be diverted to make
improvements to Bob Kraft's Gillette NFL stadium and his adjacent
Patriot Place shopping complex. Why bother fixing the horrid conditions
of Massachusetts' moon crater roads and collapsing overpasses, when the
repair funding can instead tossed at mega developments so others can
reap the benefits? And to top it off the review process has already
been bypassed.

And 9 million! dollars...just for a foot bridge.

Let the State Crumble while Feeding the NFL?
Together We Can!!

"The bridge was included on a slate of projects, prepared by the
administration, that was approved late last month by a regional planning
board that determines how to spend federal transportation money in the
Boston area. Most transportation projects reviewed for federal funding
are evaluated by two sets of professional planners before such votes,
but the bridge and some other stimulus projects on the recently approved
slate received no such review." --Boston Globe Nov 7 2009

http://tinyurl.com/fedStimulusForKraftNFL
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http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/11/07/stimulus_funds_could_fund_foxborough_pedestrian_bridge/?page=full

[KML271]

On Nov 7, 8:48 pm, Jass <jamesincl...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I really do regret voting for patrick.

Well now! Yet another reason to hate the Patriots. >:(

[Bob Malme]

On Nov 7, 11:03 pm, KML271 <kml...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 7, 8:48 pm, Jass <jamesincl...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>

One of the other projects funded is the revising, or the removal of,
the 3A rotary in Hingham. A final design hasn't been chosen. The money
will move up construction from 2014 to perhaps as early as the second
half of 2010. IMO another potential drain on taxpayer dollars,
particularly if the rotary is replaced. Some redesign due to safety
concerns may be warranted, but a total replacement with a traffic
signal may cause more accidents and cars stopped waiting for a light
does little to help the environment.

Governor Patrick personally came down to the rotary to announce the
funding (and money for dredging of Hingham Harbor), story here:
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/hingham/2009/11/patrick_photo.html