Correction

A local transportation planner sends this helpful correction:

Just a quick correction on your post from 13 July, "A must read: "Peak Convenience.""

SKATS is not proposing any bond, rather it is the city of Salem that will have a transportation bond measure on the November ballot.

However, this planner also agreed that the Salem transportation bond planned for this fall includes spending for a new bridge:

Salem's transportation bond measure does identify purchasing right-of-way for a Willamette River bridge to be identified as part of the on-going EIS work. I don't recall the dollar amount specified.

So, while LOVESalem appreciates the correction, it appears the gist of the article was correct already: the City of Salem -- the key member of SKATS -- is already planning to spend money we don't have to buy right-of-way for a bridge we don't need in a location we claim not to have selected yet (at least if you suppose that the outcome of the Environmental Impact Statement is anything but a foregone conclusion).