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Private Financing for East-West Highway through Maine?

Started by KEVIN_224, February 15, 2012, 01:27:19 AM

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cpzilliacus

#75
December 13, 2012, 06:34:50 AM  
Quote from: Steve on December 12, 2012, 10:10:41 PM
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on December 12, 2012, 10:59:55 AM
http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article/224517/314/East-West-highway-proposal-excoriated-by-environmental-group

Naturally, the Sierra Club has to stick their noses into this now.
Also on their list of top 50 hated projects: every other road.

Good observation. 

Though I was amused that they have dropped Maryland's InterCounty Connector from their little list (the Club had essentially predicted that the world would come to an end if that highway was built - and their Web site is still predicting that All Sorts of Terrible Things Will Happen if the road is built (here and here and here)).
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Henry

#76
December 13, 2012, 01:45:39 PM  
They ought to add a western spur to NH and VT. That way, they can satisfy both traffic going to Montreal and the Burlington/Lake Champlain area.
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KEVIN_224

#77
April 30, 2013, 08:19:38 PM  
http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article/241898/314/Small-business-owners-voice-concerns-over-east-west-highway

Small business owners had a big meeting in Augusta on Tuesday, voicing their concerns. One person proclaimed that Maine already has a East-West Highway...as in US Route 2.

vdeane

#78
May 01, 2013, 10:47:22 AM  
They do realize that this is for a four lane freeway, not a winding two lane road that takes all day to traverse, right?  Come to think of it, why isn't this highway proposed to follow US 2?  That's where all the traffic is.
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oscar

#79
May 01, 2013, 12:10:49 PM  
Quote from: vdeane on May 01, 2013, 10:47:22 AM
Come to think of it, why isn't this highway proposed to follow US 2?  That's where all the traffic is.

IIRC, part of the reason for the proposed routing west of I-95 is that it would not require much use of eminent domain, since it would pass through land held only by a small number of companies, all of which would benefit from the new highway and would be willing to help the project get off the ground, such as by selling the ROW at low prices and without legal hassles.  (I think the original thinking was that would also streamline environmental reviews, though I'm not sure about that.)  Something like that happened with the Dulles Greenway, which passed through private lands held only by four companies, all anxious to get the toll road built so they could develop their properties.
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May 22, 2013, 12:46:33 PM  
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