Forsyth MO. I get it. Things sometimes break. But, then they can get repaired, right? That, apparently, has not been the case with the Ox Blue video cam that was recording time lapse photography at the Bull Shoals Bridge Project just east of town. It broke on July the 12th and was still non functional on July the 23rd. And while I was uncertain as to how many citizens really paid any attention to the site - see
https://app.oxblue.com/open/modot/cams, I thought it would be neat to have a visual record of the new bridge construction available for future generations.
Update: July 23, 2018 - Apparently MODOT removed the camera as they felt that the project was 'completed'. This in the face of the asphalt not yet being laid, nor the roundabout being completed....
Following is a statement from a MODOT spokesperson:
'The
camera at the Bull Shoals bridge project has been removed. The camera
was in the way of the new roundabout being built at Route 160/76 at
the north end of the new bridge. It will not be reinstalled on the
project.'
So, it would have been nice to have had a 'video eye' on that intersection during a phase of construction when traffic was to be the most impacted....
