Eugene receives $ 6 million in federal funding for new pedestrian and bicycle bridge. For those who are just catching up and may’ve missed my last post on the subject (OO 30 Dec 22), the FEDERAL $6 million is only PART of the equation. Another matching $6 million has to come from local sources. Guess what that means? More of YOUR local taxes. So, as usual, their headlines flash a number at you that’s only half of what it really is. What they WON’T provide us with is the before and after pedestrian numbers that’ll show your $12 million was well spent. Another classic WP move – hype up the supposed need for the project before it starts, but never do any follow-up using actual data that proves they were right and the project was actually needed. Just because the high school spokesperson says a lot of kids attending North Eugene High School live on the north side of the Beltline doesn’t mean all of those kids WALK to school. It’s nothing more than a line of bureaucrat-speak that they used when they wrote the grant proposal. Next time they want to spend a few million of your tax dollars, they’ll probably get a grant writer to spin a tale about how all roads badly need wildlife bridges to keep nutrias from getting run over.
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