Re: highways to tomorrow

["JS M" <jbiggs50@hotmail.com>]

Your points are very valuable.  This process and listserve is the way 
democracy works.  I, for one, would like an upgraded highway, call it an 
interstate or whatever.  Some environmental degradation and some economic 
impacts are inevitable.  The question is; how much is too much?  I took a 
skiing trip to Fernie, BC a couple of weeks ago.  The change from the state 
highway in Idaho to the Provincial Highway in Canada was astounding.  It's 
two lanes, with wide shoulders.  The McDonalds are all in town, where they 
belong.  Beautiful country, nice road, and I felt safe.  How come the 
Canadians can do it, and we don't seem to be able?
jm

>Everybody has a legitimate, rational and widely defended viewpoint about
>the highway-freeway-traffic issue. These viewpoints are visionary,
>shortsighted, self-centered, caring, dangerous and benign. There is a
>sublime value in these competing points of view. They are a window into
>each of us that reveals how we prioritize. If we dare to look through the
>windows, our own and each others, then we can begin to solve the two
>over-riding puzzles we face. Namely, what are the acceptable limits to
>change in our community and how can we prevent accidentally exceeding them?

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