Re: Interstate 95

[Tom Lamar <tlamar@moscow.com>]

I agree with Bill.  And in addition, I believe that one of the best things
about Moscow is that it is 90 miles from the nearest Interstate.  After
growing up in Delaware and living near the real I-95, I can't think of a
worse thing to do to an area as nice as the Palouse.

Tom

>Sorry, I just can't let this one go by without comment.
>
>I awoke to the Tribune article (Sat 2/5, page 10A) on Linda Pall's
>suggestion to remake Idaho Highway 95 into an Interstate.
>
>While I usually agree with Linda, I really hope this idea dies a
>well-deserved death (again, since she is not the first to suggest it).
>
>Keeping in mind that widening and remaking dangerous sections of 95 is a
>sensible thing, I would hate to see us go overboard and try to upgrade 95 to
>an Interstate.
>
>Do we want to pave over hundreds of Palouse farmland acres with this new
>road to parallel the existing highway?
>
>Do we want to blast a huge roadway along the Salmon River between Whitebird
>and New Meadows?
>
>For me the answer is "nope"--an Interstate would cost both too many dollars
>and too much ecological damage.  and probably bring us too many Winnebagos.
>
>I would much rather see those kinds of dollars go to public transportation
>within our cities and between them.
>BL
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