Dan Rodricks’ alternative to Gov. Larry Hogan’s expensive idea for another bridge across the Chesapeake Bay is not the environmental juggernaut he touts (“With electric ferries, Maryland won’t need a third bay bridge,” March 8). In fact, Governor Hogan’s plan may result in a healthier bay than Mr. Rodricks’ push for multitudes of electric ferries crisscrossing at multiple departure and arrival points up and down the estuary.
How does Mr. Rodricks’ proposal not open up vast new areas of pristine farmland and open space to exurban sprawl? Does he doubt that more restaurants, shops and big box stores will spread out haphazardly to these ferries at the many diverse docking spots he advocates? A single new bridge, either at the existing Sandy Point crossing or farther down the shoreline, would create the kind of planned and concentrated development which might allow the Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland to remain largely rural and pristine.
C. Greg Carroll, N. Springfield, Va.