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Opinion: A second bridge is the right call, but not on that route

The council should keep the money and move the landing away from Lowmarket’s only park.

The council was right to fund a second harbor bridge. The current span is a single point of failure for the whole east side, and the cost of doing nothing rises every year.

But the route it chose would land the bridge on top of Lowmarket Green, the only park in a neighborhood that has already given up more than its share for the region’s roads.

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