Letter: How many more will die with lack of bridge barriers?
To the editor:
The Portsmouth Times of (Aug. 18) announced the timeline for the study of anti-suicide fences on our island’s bridges. The study will be complete in 18 months.
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Letter: How many more will die with lack of bridge barriers?
To the editor:
The Portsmouth Times of (Aug. 18) announced the timeline for the study of anti-suicide fences on our island’s bridges. The study will be complete in 18 months.
How many will die between, not only now and then, but how many will die before a solution is implemented? Neighboring Massachusetts has had fences on nearby bridges for years.
Perhaps RIDOT and RITBA can enlighten us. Think of how fast our legislature moved in the matter of tolls on the Sakonnet River Bridge. Think how fast a previous Portsmouth Town Council and the Rhode Island legislature moved to authorize sewers in Portsmouth. There weren’t lives at stake in those case.
Portsmouth has experienced a 50-year delay in the promised upgrade of East Main Road. The promised Town Center is about 20 years in the making. Kudos to Sen. DiPalma for trying. What does Massachusetts have that we don’t have?
Philip Driscoll
169 Immokolee Drive
Portsmouth
