Purdy Bypass

There's been lots of discussion about which way the Purdy bypass should go. My thinking is that there should be a new interchange built on highway 16 at the north end of Burley Lagoon, connecting with Spruce, Sidney and eventually 302, with the Purdy bridge being closed except for foot and emergency vehicles and the spit turned into a park. One of the possibilities is an interchange at 144th with a bridge across the lagoon and on up the hill connecting with 302. One of our orchestra members lives on the lagoon not far from the possible bridge site and is sick about the thought of the noise and view obstruction. I know her pain because the state, in all it's wisdom, built Purdy Drive in the early 50's, on the land where our house sat so we were forced to move it farther away from the water. My folks lost an incredible piece of property along the bay and the noise and exhaust we had to deal with is probably the reason for mom's and my asthma problems. My grandmother pleaded with the state to build the road farther away and eventually they realized their blunder and blew more taxpayers money building highway 16 where it is now and should have been in the first place.