unbuilt highways in Troy and Waterford

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From: Wm Randolph Franklin
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1993 21:25

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There was also going to be an interstate running up thru Troy at the
base of the hill between 6th and 8th.   The story is that they tore down
a lot of buildings and destroyed the neighborhood, then decided that the
hill was too unstable to continue.  Your taxes at work.

There were plans to extend I 787 up thru Waterford, tearing out the
heart of the town.  The relevant local politician didn't try to fight
Transport.  Instead he had Peebles Island declared an historical site.
Transport has no power to put a road thru an historical site.

I always marvel at the incredible amount of badly spent money on capdist
highways.   I'm not talking about whether or not they should be built (I
like most of them) but about multimillion dollar design and construction
errors. 
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Wm. Randolph Franklin,  wrf@ecse.rpi.edu, (518) 276-6077;  Fax: -6261
ECSE Dept., 6026 JEC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst, Troy NY, 12180 USA

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