A bridge to somewhere: Amid all the price-tag publicity–and attendant controversy–over the ultimate fate of the Friendship Trail Bridge, the Gandy companion that closed in 2008, there is the steady, relatively under-the-radar work proceeding apace on another bridge spanning Tampa Bay. It’s the 3.9-mile one that runs by the Courtney Campbell Causeway. It’s for cyclists, joggers and pedestrians and will be completed next year. The $14.6-million project is being covered by the feds in a grant that underwrites certain kinds of enhancements, in this case a new recreational trail along a designated scenic corridor.
It’s surely pork to some, but an investment in quality of life to those of us who live here–in this tax-donor state.