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Look at the bear we just found in East Bay, look at that, he says in the first seconds of the video, his boat cruising slowly behind the bear, which is swimming away toward a mainland and a neighborhood.
At six seconds in, the bear clearly notices Braxton and Johnson, both 14, and two seconds later it is turning toward them.
As Braxton marvels, Look how cool that is, at the 10-second mark, the bear has completed its turn and has adjusted its bearings toward the boat.
A second later, Braxton says OK, let me get a little bit away, as the engine revs and, but that is awesome, as the boat safely puts some distance between it and the wayward bear.
FDOT recently moved the bridge project forward on its agenda after completing a Dupont Bridge study that determined it should be replaced even though it was still structurally sound. The bridge is structurally sound, however to maintain that bridge, the cost-feasibility to replace the bridge versus to maintaining it, the value is higher, said Ian Satter, public information director for FDOT s District Three.
Satter said that it s better fiscally to build a new bridge that will last 75 to 100 years, rather than keep maintaining the Dupont Bridge. The maintenance cost for the Dupont Bridge has reached levels that don t make sense financially.