[af_vet_rr]

I do see opposition build to this road rapidly.

It has been building for a long time. Semi-related issues such as the massive growth of toll roads have also generated interest. There's also a lot of talk of private businesses (hotels, gas stations, etc.), being able to push through Eminent Domain to grab land from private land owners (i.e. one private entity getting the government to take land from another private entity and give it to them).

The sad thing - if this was under a Democrat Governor, many people would be against it (especially with the heavy involvement of foreign companies), but because it's not, a lot of people have this mentality of "oh, it's okay, it's our side pushing this".

I've even heard the pols say it'll cut down travel times between some of the larger cities, and I'm thinking "how is me going twenty miles out of my way to get on it, and then getting off of it and driving another twenty miles going to change things? it's already added a good 40 miles to the length of my trip as it is".

[1rudeboy]

There's also a lot of talk of private businesses (hotels, gas stations, etc.), being able to push through Eminent Domain to grab land from private land owners . . . .

[sigh]

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