Finally, some news about the East Beltway. Unfortunately, it's mostly non-news: the City and County have agreed to split the costs of right-of-way acquisition.
When it comes to Lincoln's long-term health, we need the South and East beltways to be completed, and soon. I posit that the beltways are far more important to Lincoln's economic vitality than any other project -- Antelope Valley, the arena and convention center, and so on. And yet the beltways are treated mostly as an afterthought, as "someday" projects. I don't have any idea how we'll pay for the beltways, but more importantly, I cringe at the costs we'll pay -- both in terms of actual costs and lost opportunities -- if we act later rather than sooner.
I suppose some news is better than no news. I just wish we could start laying some pavement.
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If the 2015 Vision group really has the best interests of Lincoln in mind, why aren’t they a little more insistent on the beltway? (rhetorical question)
...because there’s no easy way for them to monetize the benefits? (Zing!)
And it’s not downtown. Everyone knows that everything to improve Lincoln must begin and end with downtown. It’s all about downtown. The beltway’s not downtown. What I am trying to say, is that if it were downtown, it could be of value. However, it appears that it won’t be placed downtown.
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