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Why do we tolerate our highway departments being gluttonous with their highway projects?
Posted on 1/8/19 at 5:40 pm
Posted on 1/8/19 at 5:40 pm
For instance, DOT is going to add a turn lane to a road. But that isn’t enough. We have to have bike lanes on each side of the road (which will almost never be used). Extra wide sidewalks that hardly anyone will walk on and even wider medians. Totally screwing all the landowners on the road by taking land that isn’t really needed. And then the paving job is shitty at the end.
We should have more private roads.
We should have more private roads.
This post was edited on 1/8/19 at 5:41 pm
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Posted on 1/8/19 at 5:43 pm to weagle99
It isnt their money
Easy answer
Easy answer
Posted on 1/8/19 at 5:43 pm to weagle99
It’s an easy way to funnel money back to political allies and supporters.
Posted on 1/8/19 at 5:43 pm to weagle99
because doing so gets it qualified for matching federal funds.
whether they need it or not, if they can get their greedy little hands on ANY federal money they will spend it, even if its for a bird watching rest area
whether they need it or not, if they can get their greedy little hands on ANY federal money they will spend it, even if its for a bird watching rest area
Posted on 1/8/19 at 5:43 pm to weagle99
Would you rather the bike ride on the same part of the road as cars?
Posted on 1/8/19 at 5:44 pm to weagle99
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We should have more private roads
No one is stopping you from building one baw.
Posted on 1/8/19 at 5:45 pm to iAmBatman
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No one is stopping you from building one baw.
Posted on 1/8/19 at 5:45 pm to weagle99
Did you see that Chief Keef has like a bajillion kids?!
Posted on 1/8/19 at 5:45 pm to iAmBatman
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Would you rather the bike ride on the same part of the road as cars?
I’d rather people stop riding bikes once they reach puberty.
Posted on 1/8/19 at 5:46 pm to weagle99
quote:I think the term you’re searching for is “toll roads”.
We should have more private roads.
I don’t have a problem with them but many folks in the States numbered 40-50 do and will.
And the political climate in most of the 40s States does not generally favor toll road construction.
Louisiana is firmly in the 40s. Sadly.
Posted on 1/8/19 at 5:46 pm to weagle99
Jobs
Posted on 1/8/19 at 5:48 pm to OysterPoBoy
It’s a good thing very few people have the same opinions as you.
Posted on 1/8/19 at 5:55 pm to OysterPoBoy
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rather people stop riding bikes once they reach puberty.
Posted on 1/8/19 at 5:55 pm to weagle99
Out of all the DOTD complaints, this one is low on the list
Posted on 1/8/19 at 6:01 pm to weagle99
Politics. DOTD builds what DOTD is funded (told) to build. If you took all of the politicians out of the equation we would have a bridge and a loop . . . and thousands of pissed off people that had their property expropriated.
Posted on 1/8/19 at 8:25 pm to iAmBatman
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It’s a good thing very few people have the same opinions as you.
I agree with that statement.
Posted on 1/8/19 at 8:30 pm to weagle99
Sounds like a pansie arse thing to be upset about
Posted on 1/8/19 at 10:15 pm to notiger1997
Your objections presume nothing changes.
Conservatism is built upon Spell check tied to yesteryear. Maga back to before sidewalks.
If you have sidewalks more people can safely walk. Its healthy. Same with bikes.
Conservatism is built upon Spell check tied to yesteryear. Maga back to before sidewalks.
If you have sidewalks more people can safely walk. Its healthy. Same with bikes.
This post was edited on 1/8/19 at 10:17 pm
Posted on 1/8/19 at 10:20 pm to weagle99
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We have to have bike lanes on each side of the road (which will almost never be used). Extra wide sidewalks that hardly anyone will walk on
I opened this thread expecting to type some sarcastic answer like "so I can make more money as a consultant" thinking youd have a good point about the money the state wasted.
Then i read this quote, and my friend you have it totally backwards.
Private roads? Sure, not problem.
But how dare you HOW DARE YOU screw over the disenfranchised and those willing to use alternative methods. That type of mindset will ensure that wherever you live is backwards and behind the times. Go worship your cars if you must, but don't do it at the expense of others.
This post was edited on 1/8/19 at 10:21 pm
Posted on 1/9/19 at 11:11 am to weagle99
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Totally screwing all the landowners on the road by taking land that isn’t really needed
Aesthetics aside, I really don't see many people using their front yards as anything other than a bit of separation between their house and the vehicle noise on the street. A bike lane and extra wide sidewalk doesn't impede that function.
As a motorist, I would rather little Jimmy bike his happy arse to baseball practice instead of needing to rely on mom to clog up the roads on a meaningless 2 mile trek, all because we forgot to build 600ft of sidewalk and inadvertently made the roads a deathtrap to anybody that's not securely anchored inside a vehicle.
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