[PRCo] Re: for those playing at home

[BobDietrich]

1) wrong part of the north side
	Doesn't the PRR right-of-way go down near the stadiums?  Guaranteed
there is space on that ROW.
2) connects from Steel Plaza and bypasses most of downtown.
	Are they going to run all cars through the new tunnel?  if so then
this statement makes sense.  If not then I would think the bridge would
reduce congestion.

But let's get to the real reason - politics.  How much ice-tea money would
they have been able to get going over the bridge as opposed to digging the
worlds bestest tunnel???

-----Original Message-----
From: Derrick J Brashear
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:26 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: for those playing at home

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, John Swindler wrote:

>
> I still haven't heard a good reason why the Ft. Wayne bridge wasn't 
> used.  Was there a clearance problem?  Perceived problems negotiating 
> with Norfolk Southern??

As far as I know the reasons were
1) wrong part of the north side
2) connects from Steel Plaza and bypasses most of downtown.

> There is a northshore connector map on PAT website, and it looks like 
> the goal is to take losers to a casino.  Course I'd never imply that.

Also the stadiums, and bring people downtown from stadium parking, but I'm 
not saying you're wrong.