Its Official I-14 approved thru Texas (Houston, San Antonio: to move, money, metro area)

[txstate]

True, but now the big tankers and trucks don't have to stop at lights in small towns and places they can just zoom on. Cut time in half to travel to Galveston or Port of Houston. Also the same for regular drivers as well.

Originally Posted by TheOverdog

We've been able to move military supplies out of Ft Hood for the past 50 years and it became the largest in the world with the highways it has, so not sure why we need to spend the tax money to upgrade to an interstate now, but whatever, it's just a few billion in waste.

[TheOverdog]

True, but now the big tankers and trucks don't have to stop at lights in small towns and places they can just zoom on

If it was that important, they could just have a cop wave them through for a $fiver. It'll probably destroy the small towns that needed some of those people to stop.

[txstate]

If any thing it will spawn new businesses, bucees, truck stops, Whataburgers and things like that in those towns.

Originally Posted by TheOverdog

If it was that important, they could just have a cop wave them through for a $fiver. It'll probably destroy the small towns that needed some of those people to stop.

[TXStrat]

For clarity, it won't just serve Fort Hood. Once completed, I-14 will connect Fort Gordon near Augusta, GA, Fort Benning near Columbus, GA, Fort Polk, LA, Fort Hood, TX, and Fort Bliss, TX.

[txstate]

Great Point thanks for clarity!! The point I was trying to make.

Originally Posted by TXStrat

For clarity, it won't just serve Fort Hood. Once completed, I-14 will connect Fort Gordon near Augusta, GA, Fort Benning near Columbus, GA, Fort Polk, LA, Fort Hood, TX, and Fort Bliss, TX.

[Westerner92]

Originally Posted by TXStrat

For clarity, it won't just serve Fort Hood. Once completed, I-14 will connect Fort Gordon near Augusta, GA, Fort Benning near Columbus, GA, Fort Polk, LA, Fort Hood, TX, and Fort Bliss, TX.

Apart from Fort Polk, which seems almost intentionally isolated, all of those bases are very well connected to the Federal highway system already and would barely benefit from I-14. If this interstate costs $1 million/lane/mile (which is actually low-balling it significantly) and is roughly 1000 miles long, then taxpayers are paying $4 billion to shave off, at the very most, an hour of transport time between military bases. That kind of money is far more wisely spent elsewhere.

[TXStrat]

Originally Posted by Westerner92

Apart from Fort Polk, which seems almost intentionally isolated, all of those bases are very well connected to the Federal highway system already and would barely benefit from I-14. If this interstate costs $1 million/lane/mile (which is actually low-balling it significantly) and is roughly 1000 miles long, then taxpayers are paying $4 billion to shave off, at the very most, an hour of transport time between military bases. That kind of money is far more wisely spent elsewhere.

What about all those decrying crumbling infrastructure? Would've thought shiny new roads were right along those lines... The opposition isn't because this particular route links military bases, is it? That was the primary purpose of the autobahn in Germany, and the original inspiration for the U.S. Interstate Highway system after all. In addition to linking Forts Bliss, Hood, Polk, Benning, and Gordon, it will also include Camp Beauregard in LA and Robins AFB in GA, as well as providing a generally East-West Interstate highway where none currently exists. All that, and it's even named after the 14TH Amendment (due process, and equal protection clauses).

[TheOverdog]

What about all those decrying crumbling infrastructure?

Building a new interstate doesn't fix crumbling infrastructure, it adds to the already overextended burden. I think the 'crumbling infrastructure' card is overstated anyways. What crumbles in the private sector? Stuff that nobody wants to pay for because not enough people use it. It's not that different in the public sector.

[Dopo]

Why is it that cities always get toll roads but country people get freeways?
I feel like cities are getting screvved over

[Westerner92]

Originally Posted by TXStrat

What about all those decrying crumbling infrastructure? Would've thought shiny new roads were right along those lines... The opposition isn't because this particular route links military bases, is it? That was the primary purpose of the autobahn in Germany, and the original inspiration for the U.S. Interstate Highway system after all. In addition to linking Forts Bliss, Hood, Polk, Benning, and Gordon, it will also include Camp Beauregard in LA and Robins AFB in GA, as well as providing a generally East-West Interstate highway where none currently exists. All that, and it's even named after the 14TH Amendment (due process, and equal protection clauses).

I-20 and I-10 already serve the south very well, and I-14 would shave only minutes off a cross-country drive for military equipment. $4 billion+ could solve a lot of actual transportation problems where people actually live.