LAPD has closed the bridge four out of the last five nights due to 'illegal activity.'
$588M Sixth Street Bridge reopens after 4th closure in 5 days
The recommendation passed 3-1, with Councilman John Lee dissenting over concerns that the city would spend too much money on public works for a single bridge, while other districts wouldn't receive a proportionate amount of funding.Authorities said the bridge has become known as a place where people come to "find their 15 minutes of fame" by climbing onto the bridge's infrastructure, interrupting traffic and posting demonstrations on social media.
The incidents are "drawing finite resources, limited resources away from more pressing duties to ensure the safety of this location," Moore said. "All the activations on the 6th street bridge show how starved the Eastside is for public space and infrastructure," one person tweeted under the username Rudy. "Instead of banning people off the bridge, ban the cars. Why not more banda and bikes, and less car traffic!"
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