Help stop Matty Moroun from destroying another neighborhood.

[Richard]

They are saying that because of the existing ferry service a bridge would be redundant and by doing so they have closed the door for other options.

The ferry service value just doubled,pay the fee what ever it is,or swim.

The environmental is a non issue because there are cars on the island,so which one is worse.

[Johnnny5]

They are saying that because of the existing ferry service a bridge would be redundant and by doing so they have closed the door for other options.

The ferry service value just doubled,pay the fee what ever it is,or swim.

The environmental is a non issue because there are cars on the island,so which one is worse.

I know you're not familiar with the island, but in the past there were multiple ferry services, and there's nothing stopping a competing service from returning service to the island [[Nothing except the lack of potential customers). Also, the environmental issue wasn't related to vehicle traffic, but to the added infrastructure both in the river and on land that the bridge would require.

Those that live on and use the island were abundantly clear in their opposition to the bridge. We're mostly happy with the level of service from the ferry and the downsides of a bridge outweigh the added convenience that it would provide. My only concern now is what Moroun is going to do with the huge amount of land he's been hoarding. Maybe he'll continue to sit on it and revive the bridge idea a few years down the road, but he could have other plans for it even without a bridge.