According to the Asheville Citizen-Times, Smoky Park Bridge should not be renamed for Capt. Jeff Bowen, a city firefighter who died in a fire last July, a committee of the state Board of Transportation decided.
The committee followed a policy that says state-owned bridges and roads are not named for firefighters or other emergency responders who died on the job, said Ted Vaden, a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation.Read the full article
The committee followed a policy that says state-owned bridges and roads are not named for firefighters or other emergency responders who died on the job, said Ted Vaden, a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation.Read the full article
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