The Albion River Bridge made the front page of The New York Times‘ National news section with a detailed article by Times reporter Carol Pogash.
ALBION, Calif. — Sometimes, a bridge is more than a way to get from here to there.
In this ruggedly beautiful town overlooking the Pacific Ocean, residents want to save the Albion River Bridge because they say it defines them. But state officials say the bridge — the last wooden bridge on California’s coastal highway — is too narrow, is too expensive to maintain and would be too vulnerable in a major earthquake. They want to replace it with an arched concrete structure, but a vocal group of residents objects.
Albion Bridge Stewards 
Thanks for your work, Annemarie
Keep in mind that “Impact assessment requires projection, which by its very nature can be subjective. Even quantative models that profess to provide definitive analytical data often have large margins of error and can be manipulated by “tweaking” the inputs to result in the desired output. Further subjectivity enters into the process in determining the significance of an impact”. In other words, opinion.
This is a quote from a book called “Understanding Environmental Impact Assessment, A Layperson’s Guide to Environmental Impact Documents & Processes written by Grosetti Environmental Consulting”. I have a copy and hope to find the time to read it.
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