Comments on: Lubbock gets two new stretches of freeway this month http://www.aaroads.com/blog/2009/05/14/lubbock-gets-two-new-stretches-of-freeway-this-month/ Road news. Pictures. Crazed ranting. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:24:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: R. C. http://www.aaroads.com/blog/2009/05/14/lubbock-gets-two-new-stretches-of-freeway-this-month/comment-page-1/#comment-100511 R. C. Fri, 15 Oct 2010 01:38:25 +0000 http://www.aaroads.com/blog/?p=202#comment-100511 I disagree. There was a time when San Antonio didn't really need North Loop 1604 to be a freeway. Then people started moving in, and then the need was apparent. Lubbock has grown faster than people realize (it's now 280,000), and a lot of the streets can get congested. This should alleviate that. Finally, the referenced area of 281 is environmentally sensitive according to some, so the freeway conversion may be tied up in the courts. If you want to complain about wasteful spending, look at cities where the population has been stagnant the last 20 years, in my opinion. I disagree. There was a time when San Antonio didn’t really need North Loop 1604 to be a freeway. Then people started moving in, and then the need was apparent.

Lubbock has grown faster than people realize (it’s now 280,000), and a lot of the streets can get congested. This should alleviate that.

Finally, the referenced area of 281 is environmentally sensitive according to some, so the freeway conversion may be tied up in the courts.

If you want to complain about wasteful spending, look at cities where the population has been stagnant the last 20 years, in my opinion.

]]> By: B.T. http://www.aaroads.com/blog/2009/05/14/lubbock-gets-two-new-stretches-of-freeway-this-month/comment-page-1/#comment-97370 B.T. Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:45:39 +0000 http://www.aaroads.com/blog/?p=202#comment-97370 Agreed. Politics means that unneeded freeways and interchanges are constructed while congestion is literally choking off the highest growing areas of the state. I lived in Lubbock 3 years and the Marsha Sharp Freeway was not necessary. There was no congestion prior to its construction. However, you have an area over 3 times the size of Lubbock north of San Antonio on 281 that desparately needs a freeway. It has become so bad at 281 and 1604 in San Antonio that at peak times the line to exit 281 goes back almost a mile and a half onto 281. Lubbock never had this problem. Agreed. Politics means that unneeded freeways and interchanges are constructed while congestion is literally choking off the highest growing areas of the state. I lived in Lubbock 3 years and the Marsha Sharp Freeway was not necessary. There was no congestion prior to its construction. However, you have an area over 3 times the size of Lubbock north of San Antonio on 281 that desparately needs a freeway. It has become so bad at 281 and 1604 in San Antonio that at peak times the line to exit 281 goes back almost a mile and a half onto 281. Lubbock never had this problem.

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