Tollway thu Herman park (Houston, Pearland: lawyers, move to, rail)

[Truth713]

Originally Posted by feufoma

Gotta ruin nice areas of the city just so the commuters can gain access! Sarcasm aside, really, really bad idea. I love how the public comment period ran before the story appeared in the Comical!

You caught that too huh, I was like wait why are we just now hearing about this ?

[wheretogo]

some bog shots of those hospitals ( that are not-for-profit, do not misunderstand that as charity) wanted their Porsche to slide in to their hospital's parking lot from the new proposed tollway

[Lost_In_Translation]

Originally Posted by wheretogo

some bog shots of those hospitals ( that are not-for-profit, do not misunderstand that as charity) wanted their Porsche to slide in to their hospital's parking lot from the new proposed tollway

I figured all the big shots lived over in West U.

[Dopo]

Tollway = Scam

Same bs everytime,
wait until traffic is really bad and then come up with a "Great idea" = Privatize public services.

I'm fine with tollroads,
as long as that company buys the land for the road, build the roads, bridges, etc. for that road, builds the entrance/exit ramps for that road ..... with ZERO tax dollars.

[14Bricks]

Originally Posted by Lost_In_Translation

I figured all the big shots lived over in West U.

All the rich people in West U and South hampton and the rice area are NOT going to let that happen, beside I thought that's what the city's little choo choo train was for.

[txstate]

If Almeda/521 was a toll road from like Pearland - Highway 6 area to 610 I could agree with it, but not inside the loop.

[Trae713]

Originally Posted by txstate

If Almeda/521 was a toll road from like Pearland - Highway 6 area to 610 I could agree with it, but not inside the loop.

The toll road is not really a bad idea (though not needed). It's the location.

[annie_himself]

I lived in this area, don't remember seeing demand for any type of new toll road.

[HookTheBrotherUp]

But I think it should be below ground. How about a tunnel? Maybe this is what Houston needs to start looking at not just there, but elsewhere as well. And please, don't tell me "it floods here", or that the "water table is low" nonsense. Those risks can be mitigated in this day and age, and there are plenty of smaller cities with under water/underground transportation systems, heck, we even have the Baytown/Washburn tunnels that have been around since the 50's.

[Lost_In_Translation]

Originally Posted by HookTheBrotherUp

And please, don't tell me "it floods here", or that the "water table is low" nonsense. Those risks can be mitigated in this day and age, and there are plenty of smaller cities with under water/underground transportation systems, 50's.

Ok, how about this. It's freaking expensive to do a tunnel right, especially here. And with all the infrastructure in place above it!??! There's a reason Boston's big dig took so long and was so over budget. Tunnels are a freaking nightmare to construct.

Tax friendly Texas isn't going to shovel cash at a miles long tunnel.

You might as well ask us to put in a subway system.