{"id":3444,"date":"2007-09-21T21:46:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-21T21:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/the-bridge-to-nowhere-is-now-h.html"},"modified":"2007-09-21T21:46:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-21T21:46:00","slug":"the-bridge-to-nowhere-is-now-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/the-bridge-to-nowhere-is-now-h.html","title":{"rendered":"The bridge to nowhere is now history"},"content":{"rendered":"

What took them so long to kill it<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Gov. Sarah Palin ordered state transportation officials Friday to abandoned the “bridge to nowhere” project that became a nationwide symbol of federal pork-barrel spending.<\/p>\n

The $398 million bridge would have connected Ketchikan, on one island in southeastern Alaska, to its airport on another nearby island.<\/p>\n

“Ketchikan desires a better way to reach the airport, but the $398 million bridge is not the answer,” Palin said in a news release.<\/p>\n

She directed the transportation department to find the most “fiscally responsible” alternative for access to the airport.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young championed the project through Congress two years ago, securing more than $200 million for the bridge between Ketchikan, on Revillagigedo Island, and Gravina Island.<\/p>\n

Under mounting political pressure over pork projects, Congress stripped the earmark – or stipulation – that the money be used for the airport, but still sent the money to the state for any use it deemed appropriate.<\/p>\n

The state took much of that for other projects, and Palin said Friday the Ketchikan project was $329 million short of full funding.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\nThis is the problem with Congress, they take out the project but send the money anyway. Sheesh! No wonder they lost the Senate and the House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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