Replacing the mathescam bridge, which links ottenville with tottenville, will prove far less beneficial than would repairing the existing structure. the project will unjustly hurt drivers, because the ottenville mayor recommended - shortly before the $12 million new bridge proposal was announced - that bridge tolls be raised by 50 percent. since drivers' main complaints have been uneven pavement and closed lanes, the mathescam bridge authority should not hike tolls and should instead repair the existing bridge, shifting maintenance crews to late evenings, when far fewer drivers are on the roads