Re: I-376 extension added to highway bill


Scott M. Kozel wrote:
> "Jeff Kitsko" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > An intern at the PA House of Representatives sent me this link:
> > http://politicspa.com/Press_Releases/080105hart.htm. The reasoning for this
> > extension is ridiculous. Attracting development to the airport corridor
> > hasn't been a problem, look at how Robinson has grown. The airport is
> > already connected to the Interstate System, just not directly and it's not
> > like USAirways scaled back because the airport wasn't on an Interstate. It
> > might be anyway if the PTC gets I-576 for the Southern Betlway. Tourists
> > don't see secondary roads, unless they are talking about the official PA map
> > which marks it as red not blue, either way they are still expressways. F.
> > Michael Langley, CEO of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development:
> > "Rand McNally and other mapmakers only include interstate highways." Unless
> > he is talking about RMcN's old Interstate United States map, they show every
> > road, Interstate or not.
> >
> > They should use the $90 million for something more important, like paving
> > pothole-ridden roads or building projects that had to be deferred in their
> > revamped 12-Year Program. With or without a designation change, people
> > still have to read the entire sign to see which destination they want.
>
> If they do this, at least they should number it correctly, as an
> even-digit-prefix 3DI of I-76, since both of its termini would be
> at I-76. Call it I-876.

Actually its northern terminus would be at I-80. I'm still in favor of
an I-X76, but technicallly an I-X80 would work too.

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