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To: SoDak
I was in Wichita Falls not long ago and I swear they have the freeway/beltway system of a town three times the size they actually are.

The flip side of that is that Houston has the same size roads.

It is all a big shell game with the money. For example, the schools are always running around with their pockets pulled out talking about how broke they are, while they build $60 million high schools in the background.

The same is true of this boondoggle. It won't be in the cities where the lane capacity is needed, it is between the cities where existing lane capacity is mostly fine.

They are just now expanding I-10 west of Houston. Almost all of the expansion will go into toll roads and HOV lanes, neither of which will have a large impact on easing traffic congestion.

From top to bottom, our political leadership is insane.

41 posted on 12/01/2004 7:36:24 AM PST by hopespringseternal
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Pflugerville... Pflugerville...

Pflugerville.

42 posted on 12/01/2004 7:38:33 AM PST by evets (God bless president George W. Bush)
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To: hopespringseternal
They are just now expanding I-10 west of Houston. Almost all of the expansion will go into toll roads and HOV lanes, neither of which will have a large impact on easing traffic congestion.

Actually they are adding an extra lane each way between exits for merging and accel/decel, and 2 toll lanes each way for all cars. Doesn't make sense to say that going from 6 to 10-12 lanes(which as configured would double capacity) won't impact congestion. You'll have a choice, pay to use the fast toll lanes(where the rates will vary based on demand to keep traffic moving at 55+mph) or the busier free lanes.

45 posted on 12/01/2004 7:46:27 AM PST by Diddle E. Squat
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