Re: Interstate 95

["David peckham" <bikosphere@hotmail.com>]

There are portions of US 95 along the Salmon River that have fewer than 1000 
vehicles per day.  The Pullman highway has somewhere between 14000 and 
18000.  To widen all of 95 would be a hideous waste of tax money, not to 
mention what it would do to that stretch along the Salmon river, a truly 
unique waterway in the lower 48.
     The funding for the section of four-lane from the top of Lewiston Hill 
to Moscow was a pork-barrell add-on to the TEA-21 federal transportation 
legislation, unjustified by traffic volumes.  It was our Idaho Republican 
congressmembers (Kempthorne?)who tacked on this unneccessary and 
hypocritical (given their rhetoric about wasteful spending) amendment.  I 
suspect the trucking industry, especially chip-truckers are behind it.
       Not to suggest that that section of highway doesnt need improvements 
for safety, including lower speed limits and stronger enforcement against 
speeding and tailgating truckers, especially chip trucks.
     More on four lanes; they are more dangerous to cross than two lanes, 
because of the longer distance, more to watch for and the possiblility of 
vehicles being hidden by other vehicles.
Dave Peckham



>From: "Wayne H Beebe" <whbeebe@turbonet.com>
>To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
>Subject: Re: Interstate 95
>Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 14:41:54 -0800
>
>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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