The plan to rebuild and widen the Interstate 74 Bridge is not cost-effective, will add to air and noise pollution and ultimately will fail to improve bi-state travel in the Quad Citiesí region.
A new six-lane bridge will significantly increase air pollution and noise pollution and the decade of construction work will make the I-74 corridor a traffic nightmare during, and even after, construction work is completed.
Regional planners and local governments should be working instead on an upstream crossing between Bettendorf and East Moline that will be needed to carry an estimated 22,000 daily crossings of the Mississippi River in 2025.
