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While Askew was responding that he didn’t think the Exxon corner presented a traffic hazard, Thomas Baldwin demanded to know from Luke the names of people opposed to reopening the bridge.
Luke said he’d spoken to several people who indicated they favored closing the bridge.
“Just name one,” Baldwin called,
“Okay. Wilson Burke,” the supervisors chairman ' answered.
Quieter Road
“It’s been much quieter since the bridge’s been closed,” stated Bill Loomis, commenting on the absence of “three-legged dogs” and “idiots racing their cars around.”
“What criteria did the highway department use for closing the bridge?
asked Loomis after a shouted exchange with someone in the back of the room. “I’d hate to see the little businesses affected but on the other hand, it’s been much quieter with the bridge closed,” he said. Loomis added that there has been one traffic death on Route 1001 since he moved to town a year and a half ago.
Noting that he lives on the bridge street, Wilson Burke said he’d like to see the bridge repaired and the speed limit lowered.
“What brought all the attention on this bridge? Why did anyone think we wouldn’t want the bridge repaired?” asked Josephine Borkowski. She noted that the bridge at the Old Mill stable had been repaired immediately after it was damaged in the storm with no public hearings.
Askew explained that the Old Mill bridge wasn’t posted, that it met legal load
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