[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I am far from an expert on this topic, but what’s wrong with building a couple of bypasses around several cities and widening I-35 or I-29?

Nothing, as far as I know. And some of that could probably be tax-financed if some of the state gasoline tax wasn't being diverted to public skrools, DPS, and other things.

I-35 is being widened to six lanes south of DFW, but widening it beyond that would be a really expensive proposition, since TxDOT would have to purchase expensive (and presumably developed) land along the highway. And don't you mean I-27?

[purpleraine]

I meant I-29 KC through the Dakotas to Winnepeg.

[wolfcreek]

“I-35 is being widened to six lanes south of DFW, but widening it beyond that would be a really expensive proposition, since TxDOT would have to purchase expensive (and presumably developed) land along the highway.”

As a matter of fact, they're widening/improving all the Interstates to and from the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.

As far as I-35E, south of Dallas, if you've ever driven that stretch, there's not a lot of development.

Would it cost billions to add additional lanes? No!

If necessary, the additional lanes could be tolled not, by a foreign company but, by the state.