The city is transforming the Pleasure Beach Bridge, ravaged by fire 16 years ago, into a fishing pier. The city peninsula is one of several stops Congressman Jim Himes has scheduled for Bridgeport today (Thursday). Mayor Bill Finch and Himes will visit for an update on improvements at Central and Seaview Avenues. In its heyday Pleasure Beach was a whirlwind amusement park that attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors. Fires and landlord neglect reduced the East End peninsula to sun bathers and fishing activities before the fire shut down access. Replacing the bridge would require a loan from Bill Gates. From the mayor:
Mayor Finch, Congressman Himes To Observe Progress at Pleasure Beach Fishing Pier
WHAT: Mayor Bill Finch and U.S. Rep. Jim Himes will examine progress made at the Pleasure Beach Fishing Pier on Thursday, August 4.
With the use of federal funds secured by Congressman Himes, and City capital/bond funds, the City is refurbishing the remains of the Pleasure Beach Bridge and converting it into a fishing pier, bringing waterfront access to the residents of the East Side and the general public. The fishing pier will include benches, tables and lighting. Additionally, landscaping work will be done on the land portion of the project.
The fishing pier is just the first step in the process of opening Pleasure Beach, a project that is one of the highest priorities in Mayor Finch’s continued efforts to open more park space and waterfront access to the residents of Bridgeport.
WHERE: Pleasure Beach Fishing Pier, located at the end of Central Avenue, near Seaview Avenue, Bridgeport, CT
WHEN: 10 a.m. Thursday, August 4
East End, East Side, what the hell, it’s all Wood Park to me.
Finch, DTC, Mario–what’s the difference?
Talk about a non-story.
Finch and Himes turn broken bridge into broken bridge fishing pier with a little landscaping.
Finch says he is providing a couple of yards of waterfront access by closing the bridge to miles of beachfront access.
Go figure.
Himes says this is an excellent use of taxpayers’ money as long as the taxpayers are not the wealthiest millionaires who live in lower Fairfield county. If they are then cut out this pork barrel funding! No new taxes on millionaires!
Even a blind man can see both are campaigning at the expense of the taxpayers. Himes needs Bridgeport, especially if the Republicans run a candidate who has substance, unlike that last empty suit. I am afraid the voters will return to marking the ballot for the party instead of the candidate.
This falls into the same category as those $600 tax rebates …
Follow the emails!
www .ctpost.com/local/article/Outside-interests-were-working-behind-the-scenes-1717773.php
So this person, from Fairfield, had been working behind the scenes with Finch on a charter revision giving him control of the schools because the school board, the majority of whom did his bidding, was dysfunctional? You can’t make this stuff up! Now I hear Finch is about to take bids to privatize the facilities department of the BOE.
Finch’s bidding??? Surely you jest. It’s really the bidding of the DTC–that’s why Carmen Lopez wasn’t nominated to be a candidate for the BOE–she couldn’t be controlled!!!
Just another photo op for one-shot Willie …
*** As tc would say, this is utter political B/S for a little attention, no? *** GONE FISHING! ***
Finch is one of the major reasons the harbor of Bridgeport is in such disarray. When he was state senator he championed a bill that brought $1.5 Million to create a terminal for 80 containers per day to be barged to Bridgeport from Port Newark. It would have created about 250 or so jobs, brought positive tax dollars to the dry city coffers. Instead he turned his back on the project when mayor, returning the money to Hartford because those who got him elected wanted to develop the harbor for housing they were going to make a ton of money on. That list includes the chief bond counsel and his minions and several others who stood to make millions on that project. As all of you know, nothing has happened and Bridgeport is even poorer for it. Too, focus on a defunct and fallow island for the sake of votes is shameful. Pleasure Island was once something special, but now it’s lost to the rich history of Bridgeport.