More pressing needs

It was a very informative article in last Sunday’s paper on the Clarendon bridge controversy. I can see that the river bridge would be a money pit, but why spend money removing the old highway bed and its concrete bridges?

They could serve access to people who aren’t outdoorsmen to see this amazing forest we all own, and maybe help out the town to boot. Please don’t tell me the concrete bridges are unsafe because here on Highway 70, hundreds of Interstate 40’s overcrowded big trucks use the same antique bridges every time there’s a problem. And any flooding problems are a joke; it’s a flood zone and the only reason the timber is still there. Remember when Rex Hancock stopped them from draining the Cache.

Don’t let the highway department give millions to an out-of-state company to remove this. Please contact the governor and Congressman Crawford, and our senators too. We hired them to stop wasteful spending; make them earn their money. There are many more pressing needs in eastern Arkansas. RAY CATES Carlisle