[BPt111]

Could this solve CT traffic problem


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_aOuhv33pM

[MrGompers]

Originally Posted by BPt111

Could this solve CT traffic problem


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_aOuhv33pM

If you are being serious the answer is HELL NO!! that is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen.

[Henry10]

Originally Posted by GoHuskies

Not possible. Not enough poor people (excluding Bridgeport) in FFC to make it the Cross Bronx.

It's actually quite plausible. Expanding the construction beyond current footprint will devalue the properties, which will attract others far and wide.

As Cross Bronx Expwy and others have showed -- construction, which surely will take at least a decade, will not only affect the properties next to it, or in the vicinity, but also those miles away. Disruption will propagate. FFC is already congested as is.

CT would be playing chicken with the golden goose, which is exactly what they're gonna do. Enjoy heavier taxation on yourself, because many of those pricks would leave CT and those who will remain will be holding a heavier bag.

[Wilton2ParkAve]

Originally Posted by Henry10

It's actually quite plausible. Expanding the construction beyond current footprint will devalue the properties, which will attract others far and wide.

As Cross Bronx Expwy and others have showed -- construction, which surely will take at least a decade, will not only affect the properties next to it, or in the vicinity, but also those miles away. Disruption will propagate. FFC is already congested as is.

CT would be playing chicken with the golden goose, which is exactly what they're gonna do. Enjoy heavier taxation on yourself, because many of those pricks would leave CT and those who will remain will be holding a heavier bag.

What makes us fat cats pricks for leaving when the state continues to demonstrate a complete lack of fiscal prudence? I'm not the safety net. Let all the billionaires who spew about higher taxes practice what they preach and voluntarily write a check to the US and state treasuries (which is permitted btw, but never utilized).

[GoHuskies]

Originally Posted by Henry10

It's actually quite plausible. Expanding the construction beyond current footprint will devalue the properties, which will attract others far and wide.

As Cross Bronx Expwy and others have showed -- construction, which surely will take at least a decade, will not only affect the properties next to it, or in the vicinity, but also those miles away. Disruption will propagate. FFC is already congested as is.

CT would be playing chicken with the golden goose, which is exactly what they're gonna do. Enjoy heavier taxation on yourself, because many of those pricks would leave CT and those who will remain will be holding a heavier bag.

This couldn't be further from the truth.

The current real estate trend is millennials & empty nest boomers looking for walkable urban & highly developed suburban communities that have amenities, shopping, and transportation close at hand. Connections to highways and MNR make these FFC towns desirable.

[AntonioR]

Originally Posted by Wilton2ParkAve

What makes us fat cats pricks for leaving when the state continues to demonstrate a complete lack of fiscal prudence? I'm not the safety net. Let all the billionaires who spew about higher taxes practice what they preach and voluntarily write a check to the US and state treasuries (which is permitted btw, but never utilized).

I always wondered if it's possible for a private party, say a billionaire individual, could build a new highway through Fairfield County from I-287 in Westchester to perhaps the Milford Connector. Once built the billionaire can donate the highway to the state or to the federal government, and then the government would allow the billionaire to recoup the cost* via generous tax cuts for a decade or two.


* Cost figure adjusted on a yearly basis for inflation.

[Henry10]

Originally Posted by GoHuskies

This couldn't be further from the truth.

The current real estate trend is millennials & empty nest boomers looking for walkable urban & highly developed suburban communities that have amenities, shopping, and transportation close at hand. Connections to highways and MNR make these FFC towns desirable.

You're not following the bouncing ball -- current, not some maybe in the future, current people living in suburbia FFC are CT's golden goose. I could care less for trends in big cities, which none exist in FFC.

[Henry10]

I am all for improvements in the current footprint. I am also for fast ferries into NYC.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by AntonioR

I always wondered if it's possible for a private party, say a billionaire individual, could build a new highway through Fairfield County from I-287 in Westchester to perhaps the Milford Connector. Once built the billionaire can donate the highway to the state or to the federal government, and then the government would allow the billionaire to recoup the cost* via generous tax cuts for a decade or two.


* Cost figure adjusted on a yearly basis for inflation.

There is such a thing, well sort of. It is called a public-private partnership. A private company builds and operates a highway and gets its money back plus a small profit by charging tolls and getting some tax credits. The problem is that you are talking about plowing a new highway right through the middle of some of the most expensive real estate in the country. I doubt even Bill Gates has enough money to build that. Plus I doubt any of the towns on that corridor would allow it. Jay.

[AntonioR]

Originally Posted by JayCT

There is such a thing, well sort of. It is called a public-private partnership. A private company builds and operates a highway and gets its money back plus a small profit by charging tolls and getting some tax credits. The problem is that you are talking about plowing a new highway right through the middle of some of the most expensive real estate in the country. I doubt even Bill Gates has enough money to build that. Plus I doubt any of the towns on that corridor would allow it. Jay.

I thought the federal government had the right to expropriate any private property for the greater good. No?