I think this will serve as a bridge so more high school students will get a taste of college, ... It's our shared goal to increase the post-secondary education rate in Fayette County.
It isn't just a bridge project, it's a sewer project. We have known from the outset that it would be awhile before we could work out an agreement with Central San. Whenever there is more than one agency involved, it adds to the complexity of the project.
The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.
First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
The fact that we are here and that I speak these words is an attempt to break that silence and bridge some of those differences between us, for it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence. And there are so many silences to be broken.
On that bridge it hit me that I had, unquestionably, walked every step across my first state. I got all emotional.
One of the reasons we wanted to get the Lamoille done was to be further up the learning curve going into a tougher project. Hopefully the Lamoille Bridge will act as a concrete example of what we can do.
One of the floods we had washed the bridge out. It can be almost dry as a bone or it can be impossible to cross.
One of the first things we will do is offer our downtown lights to be sponsored by people. Marilyn Mathews will be heading that up. We will get that information out later. Hopefully next spring Charlie Hartley will be successful with her bridge lighting grant.
One of the most important priorities for me is to make sure all rails, roadways and bridges are secure.