Lesner Bridge Replacement

The City expects to have the Lesner Bridge Replacement design at the 60% completion stage ready for public comment in early November.  Please visit this link to see the proposal as it stood on August 25, 2009. [97 pg PDF] If you are going to be living here to witness the several years of construction it could take, you really want to spend the time to read the PDF link. It’s worth your time.

Some early comments include:
Residents of 3556 have observed that the proposal has assigned that the railings and light poles be blue.  They would prefer that the color be muted to blend better with the surrounding topography.  SDCC will post the date, time and location of the unveiling of the design when it is available, but in the interim, please take a moment to review what is currently in the works. 

Editor’s Note:
The Editor views the design & construction of the replacement for the Lesner Bridge as an incredible opportunity to make this a model for public works projects by building in cutting edge green technologies. Working with FIGG, renowned as an international premier bridge builder, leveraging our unique local talent, like the Military, topography & geography, like the Ches Bay & Lynnhaven Watershed, Virginia Beach could leverage the opportunity of replacing this bridge into something great. One idea – the power for the bridge itself could be designed to be “off the grid” using, as an example, wave technologies. Local universities could use the bridge, under the appropriate supervision, as a “lab” to test various wind & wave energy production techniques.