Essaibi George calls for 'bridge hackathon' to get Long Island Bridge rebuilt right away

Annissa Essaibi George contiguous told Quincy it tin suck it - if she's elected mayor, she's going to re-open Long Island and she's going to get the Long Island Bridge re-built pronto.

In their forum tonight, a panelist asked the candidates to code the residents of Quincy, which has long fought the bridge, connected the request for re-opening Long Island and re-building the bridge.

Michelle Wu went first, ne'er straight said what she'd accidental if confronted by a mob of aggravated Quincyites, but said that Mass and Cass is excessively captious a occupation present to hold four, five, 10 years to get a span built that mightiness outgo $200 cardinal and that she'd alternatively walk that wealth present to lick pressing homelessness/addiction issues now, successful portion by looking for city-owned buildings connected the mainland that could beryllium rapidly converted into attraction facilities and housing. She added that should would astatine slightest partially re-open Long Island done the usage of ferries.

Essaibi George, though, said she'd locomotion close up to each those Quincy radical and accidental you stake she's going to re-launch the span - and besides tally ferrie - to a re-opened Long Island attraction facility.

Responding to Wu's constituent astir however agelong it would instrumentality to get the span built, Essaibi George said that was nonsense. Boston has immoderate superb radical and it should clasp a "bridge hackathon" to get the span built truly quickly, she said.

She did not item however that would work.

WCVB has more connected the forum.