Novel idea to reduce Stillwater lift bridge traffic jams: Don't lift the bridge so often!

[Minnesota Raindog]

If there’s one thing upon which all sides on the Stillwater bridge controversy agree, it’s that raising the historic lift bridge is the primary cause of traffic tie-ups in downtown Stillwater. Yet everyone has been so focused on doing an end-run of the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act with a four-lane freeway bridge across the river that the simplest of solutions—reducing the absurd frequency of the lifts on the Stillwater bridge—has not even been considered in at least a decade.

More at Ripple in Stillwater:

http://www.rippleinstillwater.com/2011/03/lets-take-little-lift-out-of-stillwater.html

[Blue Owl]

1. Could trigger boat rage

Those drunken Bachmann-district pleasure boat captains can get pretty agitated if the world doesn't wait for them.