vision2020
Re: Interstate 95
Well, I for one would like to see a four lane road from Weiser or Boise all
the way to the border. I am not saying a freeway, They take up 14 acres
for every mile. But a four lane road along the Salmon is do-able.
Mr. Otto has suggested designating 95 a NAFTA road. I support this
suggestion.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Lamar" <tlamar@moscow.com>
To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: Interstate 95
> 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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