[HarryCaul]

Well, this is redeveloping land via eminent domain for private purposes. The road will be operated as a toll road by a private entity.

You can say the public "needs" it, but how is that one bit different from saying the public "needs" a shopping center?

[BobL]

"Well, this is redeveloping land via eminent domain for private purposes. The road will be operated as a toll road by a private entity."

I think that there's a VERY strong constitutional case against this kind of bait and switch. I specifically remember reading editorials in the Wall Street Journal (not exactly a left-wing rag), in the 1980s, questioning the "Urban Redevelopment" that was going on and was using eminent domain.

Hopefully Bush will be able to get a few more conservatives on the Supreme Court. If he does, then they maybe we can shut down this whole concept of seizing private land to give to private companies, and we can have some sanity restored to how we build highways.