To the editor: It would be useful for all interested parties that there are many bridges that access Island terminal and the ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach (“A bridge too far? The plans Vincent Thomas put Port of disagreeing with the locals.” September 20).
It would also be useful to take into account that the objective of the construction of bridges in the port is to move containers to and from its ships. In their collective wisdom, the departments of the port of Los Angeles/Long Beach, the Los Angeles County and the Railways built a container highway, known today as the Alameda corridor. This railway channel, parallel to the 710 highway, offers cross -free and unpleasant cross access from the port. Together with the huge improvements for the flow of rail and vehicular traffic on the terminal island, the Alameda corridor currently underutilized can accelerate container traffic while reducing the contamination that affects the area of the port.
However, the interests of Steveoring and Trucking have the ear of the City Council, shaping important economic decisions in their favor despite the wishes of voters. We support the Alameda corridor with our tax dollars in the hope that it will reduce the traffic of highways and bridges. Instead, we see city and wild schemes that will cost even more money (yours and mine).
The Vincent Thomas bridge is not “vital.” It must be maintained in good shape, and even raised in the long term, but separated that problem from the political actions necessary to really solve the problems of the ports. The tools are already there.
Joe Strapac, Campana
