8-14-13 Soto St Bridge Meet_175_WS
Channel: El Sereno Historical Society
Date: 2013-12-02

(3 of 3) Soto Street Bridge meeting at El Sereno  Senior Center.  Important points of meeting: the three reasons bridge is being demolished are substandard bridge railings, bridge is not wide enough, and the vertical clearance is below current standards.

All of these reasons can be addressed and taken care of without destroying the bridge.  There was funding in 1998 to upgrade the bridge railing, but this was not done.  The bridge is six inches below the current standard, it's not impossible to lower the street six inches.  The widening of a bridge is done all the time, it's only impossible to do with this bridge.

BOE chooses not to consider these options, as well as refusing to address the historic significance of the bridge.

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