A few pompous federal bureaucrats are forcing at least a three-year delay and 200 million dollar cost overrun for the new Benicia Bridge now under construction. California taxpayers will pay for this out of their family budgets taken for state taxes. The pompous feds in their green suits claim that enormous numbers of fish will be killed by the noise generated by the piledrivers. But where are the numbers? Why didn't this happen in all previous bridge projects? Did it ever occur to these eco nazis that hundred of times more fish are caught by fishermen every day for the dinner table then can possibly be harmed by the noise from the piledrivers. Why not just give any fish harmed to the fishermen and save the cost of fishing poles, boats, beer cans, and pollution of the waterways. And did it occur to these idiots that fish are not stupid. They naturally swim away from and stay away from any troubling noise. Any that might be near a piledriver when it starts up could be hurt. But the answer to that is to start the piledriver in slow motion in a fashion that the sonic signals are low in the beginning and then build up to full operation. This way, the fish get a warning and can move away. For 200 million they could trap all the fish that swim up the river and transport them in Cadillacs around the noisy area. But this is your federal government—where the D students run your world.