Strikes me odd that this is one of the few legitimate rationals for government and no one in that field wants to do projects, and when they do it’s for BS like scenic roads and parks. In Boston it was simple - fix the traffic or kill off a city.
Traffic? We wish. But when you’ve got jobs and taxpayers fleeing the state, where in perdition do you think traffic is gonna come from? Pass through. Probably. Then it still ducks to be us. These morons are spending $10 mil of OPM on a local airport, for instance. Will that increase usage? Nope. Why? Because tickets are too damned expensive and flight selection is too limited. $10 mil down a rat hole.
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