Editorial: New bridge, new opportunities

Posted on December 30, 2009 |

• Editorial

By Angelo Lynn

After Monday morning’s demolition, the Champlain Bridge is history. It’s time for a few more hours of romanticized reflection, then a redoubling of efforts to build a new bridge in record time that will make the trip over the lake better in every way.

That, at least, should be the goal.

Just how could the new bridge serve the public better? Here are a few key ways, some of which have been previously suggested by readers, and are being tentatively considered by state officials:

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