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[ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome steve hengineg executive director metropolitan transportation commission. Good afternoon, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee and my committee colleagues, and the director of cal transand the executive director of the california transportation commission, it is my great pleasure to welcome you at long last, to the opening ceremonies for the new east band of the San Francisco oakland bay bridge. That is an applause line. [ applause ] i know that you joined me in thanking the Oakland Inst...

Quake thats why its so for this is built to withstand a big quake. We will right lane on this bridge to maintain the resources in the case of a man made disagrees. Third this has big impacts on our economy. It will prove the transportation and Health Insurance this is a home to oakland. It will continue to serve as a place for folks on the other side of the bay. Its the toll payers who fund this. So we have to give our toll payers a round of sport for this measure clapping finally im so glad with the addition of bike and pedestrian lanes were moving closer to an integrated mode of transportati...

Our economy. It will prove the transportation and Health Insurance this is a home to oakland. It will continue to serve as a place for folks on the other side of the bay. Its the toll payers who fund this. So we have to give our toll payers a round of sport for this measure clapping finally im so glad with the addition of bike and pedestrian lanes were moving closer to an integrated mode of transportation that is good for our environment and community. So in closings thank you to everyone in our efforts and its been eagerly awaited. Ive been in the senate and the assembly n for 15 years so ive...

Span has been a public, private partnership from the get go and that spirit of partnership is in full force today as well. In particular, i would like to recognize the corporate sponsors of todays event, listed on the big screens. First off, presenting level sponsors bridge floor a joint vendor and ty wane international and bright tell incorporated and ae com and xerox, thanks to these and all of our sponsors and while we are at it lets thank the bay Bridge Alliance and the president winston for making all of this. Thank you. Thank you. It is a landmark event marking the end of 24 years to del...

Doing it for many decades after that. Heres the clincher the old one cant withstand the earthquake. The new one can. So far as alternative transportation the folks in the 30s were quite farsighted running trains on the old bring but didnt put a sidewalk on that even though the golden gate had one. The sidewalk will go all the way to the island the bike advocates will advocate to get it to San Francisco after that clapping and finally this is the one i particularly love its about money. When the original bridge opened folks paid a dollar thirty to cross it thats 22 in todays economy. So tell me...