I've off to the Outer Banks of North Carolina Saturday for some time at the beach. Our place is five miles north of the Wright Brothers bridge, which carries traffic from Norfolk to all beach areas.
There's usually long backups, especially heading north on the two-lane road to Corolla 20 miles away. People have wanted to build a bridge from the mainland to Corolla for years.
But it will cost a lot of money, and the two-lane road would still have plenty of traffic. You can't expand the original road, since businesses and homes are right up against it. It's a thin island with no extra room.
You could theoratically build a new road through the middle of the island, but that would destroy many established homes and make access from ocean to sound terrible.
There's a problem, but all the solutions create greater problems. So every year, people wait in traffic and wonder if a bridge will be built. They do work-arounds to make their lives a little easier, and deal with the hassle.
Health care may be a problem, but proposed solutions will create greater problems. It only makes sense that those reform will hurt will fight it. It's just a bigger group, and they're ready for battle.
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