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Now that we know that the IH35 construction is starting this summer, Will they make 183 or SH130 free the next 10 years to take traffic off of IH35?
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A lot of traffic already uses 130 to bypass Austin, that's why they already widened it a couple of years ago. In a few years when the entire stretch of I-35 in Travis County is the midst of massive construction I'm sure everyone that can avoid driving through will do so, tolls or not. |
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Project Connect eyes 2027 start to light rail construction by: Kelsey Thompson Posted: Mar 25, 2024 / 11:12 AM CDT Updated: Mar 25, 2024 / 11:13 AM CDT https://www.kxan.com/traffic/traffic...-construction/ AUSTIN (KXAN) — Project Connect leaders are gearing up for a 2027 construction start for Phase 1 of light rail in Austin, officials said in an interview Monday. Based on current timelines, trains are expected to be running in Austin come 2033. 13 years.....wow! |
Six years of construction is fine. Taking seven years to get from voter approval to construction is not. But that's the world we live in.
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Their arguments don't seem to center around the associated pollution that may come about during the EV production processes or whatnot (I'm assuming this is what you're referring to). I'm not saying it should be ignored, but it doesn't seem to show up in their narrative. At least not that I've seen. |
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I am under the impression that a significant portion of truck traffic is coming out of Mexico on its way to Dallas and other locations in the central US but perhaps it's not a high percentage. |
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CapMetro got $1.5M from the feds for something...
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More importantly, you don’t have to agree but maybe don’t spaz out about someone else’s opinion. If you choose to vote against public transit, that’s a reflection on you and your values. Not me. |
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At some point, and I think we've reached that point, it becomes less and less about the virtues and the benefits of Project Connect and more and more about the corruption - and I use the word corruption advisedly, as is said.
One looks at the new Project Connect budget with the 2033 dollars (and they make as if that using the 2033 dollars is some kind of perversion forced upon them) and sees roughly 2 Billion dollars for Professional Services - and notes that doesn't include the actual engineering for the train construction - and roughly a Billion dollars for a Maintenance Facility and ones stomach turns. Let me repeat that: roughly 2 Billion dollars for Professional Services - not including the actual engineering for the train construction - and roughly a Billion dollars for a Maintenance Facility. That is almost world class corruption. If there wasn't so much corruption in the world, it would be world class corruption. I can't imagine a Biden administration paying for half of that, let alone a Trump one. |
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