SandBox Comments: Glenwood Springs Post Independent "Stakeholders have their say on Grand Ave. Bridge ‘vision'"

All the 'thousands' (conservative guesstimate) of Coloradans who daily commute over the Grand Avenue Bridge, who are so, so bone weary of listening to the 'hot air'/'all talk/righteous indignation and zero action spanning decades of time wasted' leaders of our community;  come now this morning and get down on their knees to kiss the ground CDOT walks upon.

Thank you.

Bless you.

By letting all the local 'hot air and no action' folks get all the time they want in front of the press, microphones and spotlights, that they sincerely believe will enhance their community standing; you have insured that once y'all are done they must forever hold their peace.

Thank Buddha!!  This is brilliant strategy!

Sandbox believes we'll see repeated but still very special thank yous from avatars to our new city councilmen Todd Leahy and Michael Gamba for pushing the Grand Avenue Bridge Project through that blast of hot air stronghold.  You both are rapidly rising in the ranks to local hero status in the eyes of those in the shadows out here. 

Only a few more years, 'kids'. 

Just a few more years before that new bridge is done and getting you home to your families and lives literally hours sooner than you are now.  With the added bonus of streamlining tourists with fat wallets into Glenwood Springs just so they can ease your poverty stricken paychecks you now pull 'from the elites'.

Oh, CDOT.  You are our heroes. (Say, by any chance are most of you guys Conservatives?)

(whisper...whisper...BRILLIANT!...finally!!....'they' will get their last 10 min. of fame....hold a press conference, plan an event with banners and parade and all the trimmings!!....really do this final send off up right so there won't be any appeals filed and their savage souls will be stroked for the last time on this community issue.....not so sure about the 'leaders' part of Newland's statement but WTH!!!..the folks will give it to them because reality is that we won again!!!....hooah....whisper...whisper...)

John Stroud:
"....So, CDOT is going through an extensive public process to gather as much local input as possible before coming up with a new bridge design.

“Before, engineers would come up with a range of alternatives, then take them out to the community for input,” Newland said. “This process turns that on its head and involves the community in coming up with those alternatives.”

This week's stakeholder sessions involved 43 community leaders working with members of the design team to begin to determine alternatives for rebuilding the bridge.

Participants were also asked to identify various economic, social, tourism and environmental trends that should be considered in the design process..."

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