Re: Interstate 95

["Susan Palmer" <susanp@moscow.com>]

Bill, Linda, and Visionaries,

Kurt (my significant other) and I had the same reaction that Bill had when
we read the LMT article. The Salmon stretch is really unthinkable. Likewise,
we too generally agree with Linda, and support her candidancy--but on this
issue, we take issue.

Although we appreciate the safety concerns, there are other approaches than
an interstate solution.

Susan Palmer
----- Original Message -----
From: bill london <bill_london@hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 1:07 PM
Subject: Interstate 95


> 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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