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Had to comment on this. The local NBC affiliate just ran a story about the proposed "reliever route" that will send truck traffic to the north around Midland thereby reducing such traffic within the city limits. This route is part of the La Entrada al Pacifico project which is being pitched as a way of stimulating additional trade with Mexico.
Anyway, the reporter doing the story threw out this unfortunate observation (which although paraphrased, as I didn't record it word for word, is accurate):
Federal and state funds will be used to pay for some of this project, but taxpayers will foot the bill for the rest of it.
<sigh>
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EXPERIMENTAL %% ATTENTION MIKE CONAWAY, SEC. DON EVANS
Eric
As far as the RIGHT OF WAY COSTS ARE CONCERNED, MIDLAND AND MARTIN COUNTIES ALREADY PAID 10 PERCENT OF THE PROJECTED $2.2 MILLION RIGHT OF WAY COST (See mywesttexas.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13249876&BRD=2288&PAG461) In my computation, this means, MIDLAND COUNTY AND MARTIN COUNTY TOGETHER, PAID $220,000.
WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IF THIS $2.2M PROJECTED RIGHT OF WAY COST DROPS BY SAY, $700,000.00????? SAY AS A RESULT OF A NEW DESIGN WHICH DID NOT COME FROM MIDLAND COUNTY NOR MARTIN COUNTY NOR TXDOT???
WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IF IN THE FUTURE, MOWING OF GRASSES AS A RESULT OF THIS NEW ROAD DESIGN OR SUGGESTION IS CUT IN HALF???
WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IF MOWING COSTS ARE ELIMINATED AND THE GRASSY AREAS ARE TURNED INTO FARMLANDS, AGRICULTURAL LANDS, PRODUCING SAY WHEAT, ALFALFA, BERMUDA GRASSES AND OTHER CROPS, ENABLING THE GOVERNMENT TO COLLECT RENT OR SELL CROPS???? LET'S SAY THESE ARE THE WORKS AND EXPERIMENTAL SUGGESTIONS OF A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL????
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Posted by: The Eurasian at October 29, 2004 03:47 PM