Coverage of Illiana Toll Road News
13 February 2007 06:31 PM | Indiana, NW Indiana and Porter
County
The Chesterton Tribune has both a
poll and a comments section about the
proposed Illiana Toll Road.
Also they have a good article about the opposition point of view.
The opposition has a couple of good points:
1. The Illiana Tollroad will only help the proposed Peotone airport to be built as the third Chicago airport, to the detriment of our own Gary Airport, talk about stabbing ourselves in the back.
2. There is no proof that trucks will use the Illiana Toll Road, instead of the freeways. There needs to be some careful traffic studies done first and they have not been done.
3. We really need a comprehensive and coherent transportation policy for the entire country - a lot of goods being transported by truck should be hauled by rail. This is something the Federal Government is supposed to do but does not seem to quite be able to grasp any sort of strategic planning. If this road is only for the benefit of the out-of-state trucking industry then we ought to think again about our priorities.
4. No studies as to the environmental impact of the Illiana Toll Road.
5. No studies on the effect the Illiana toll road will have on sprawl.
Nobody from Indianapolis is answering any of these questions.
Also they have a good article about the opposition point of view.
The opposition has a couple of good points:
1. The Illiana Tollroad will only help the proposed Peotone airport to be built as the third Chicago airport, to the detriment of our own Gary Airport, talk about stabbing ourselves in the back.
2. There is no proof that trucks will use the Illiana Toll Road, instead of the freeways. There needs to be some careful traffic studies done first and they have not been done.
3. We really need a comprehensive and coherent transportation policy for the entire country - a lot of goods being transported by truck should be hauled by rail. This is something the Federal Government is supposed to do but does not seem to quite be able to grasp any sort of strategic planning. If this road is only for the benefit of the out-of-state trucking industry then we ought to think again about our priorities.
4. No studies as to the environmental impact of the Illiana Toll Road.
5. No studies on the effect the Illiana toll road will have on sprawl.
Nobody from Indianapolis is answering any of these questions.
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