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The States: Mad Scientist Laboratories of Democracy

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joecct said:
Both parties have unfaithful spouses and holier than thouers.
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GrinCDXX said:
Certainly both parties are guilty of transgressions, but any suggestion that both parties similarly attempt to claim the family values high ground is utter nonsense.
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Handyman said:
Understatement of the year...
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unofan said:
But only one runs on being the party of family values.
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All true.
 
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joecct said:
What is wrong with this article?

http://wtop.com/virginia/2016/06/1b-213-mile-interstate-planned-to-connect-norfolk-raleigh/

Anyone who has driven in NYS will know the answer.
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Looking at the map and based on demographics - it connects two cities that don't actually need a direct freeway between them?

Here in MI, they're adding a 5th lane to I-75 between 8 Mile (the Detroit city limits) and about 17 miles out into suburbs. Will take at least 15 years, and $1B to complete. Knowing how project management goes, my conservative guess for actuals when it's finally done is 17-20 years, and $1.5B.

All money and time that should be spent on public transport if this city is to ever truly be "America's Great Comeback City"™. But noooooo, this is "The Motor City".
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Looking at the map and based on demographics - it connects two cities that don't actually need a direct freeway between them?
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It's not about Raleigh, it's about Norfolk. Norfolk-Va Beach is getting big and has very important military facilities, and it's impossible to get there from the south. The route makes sense.

I assume what joe was referring to was "unfunded and no schedule." The Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway extension has been in "planning" since 1971. It is "unfunded and no schedule."
 
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Kepler said:
It's not about Raleigh, it's about Norfolk. Norfolk-Va Beach is getting big and has very important military facilities, and it's impossible to get there from the south. The route makes sense.
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So the state and federal highways that lead into Norfolk from I-95 must not be 65 MPH and/or have too many stoplights?

I'm seriously JUST ASKING QUESTIONS here. :p No trolling, I swear.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
So the state and federal highways that lead into Norfolk from I-95 must not be 65 MPH and/or have too many stoplights?
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That and traffic. If you want to go south you take NC 13 or you take NC 58 west to cut over to I-95. Both of those NC state highways are parking lots much of the time.

It actually isn't that dumb an idea for a route.
 
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I-87 is already taken running from Albany to Quebec.

You need an even numbered route running East/West.
 
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joecct said:
I-87 is already taken running from Albany to Quebec.

You need an even numbered route running East/West.
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And between NYC and Albany.

However, it's not the first time we've seen split interstates. There are two instances of I-76, I-84, I-86, and I-88. And considering (BTW we're leaving out I-99 because the number was signed into law in PA throwing everything off) it's east of I-85 and west of I-95, what else are they going to do?

EDIT: Technically I-95 is also split as it isn't continuous in New Jersey. However, they're trying to remedy that through a new project and clever renumbering.
 
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The State of Illinois is approaching 12 months without the 2016 Fiscal Budget, and is now closing in on not having a 2017 Fiscal Budget. :eek:

No budget for 2017 has been presented to the governor with mere days remaining before the new budget would kick in.
 
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aparch said:
The State of Illinois is approaching 12 months without the 2016 Fiscal Budget, and is now closing in on not having a 2017 Fiscal Budget. :eek:

No budget for 2017 has been presented to the governor with mere days remaining before the new budget would kick in.
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I guess if you made it all the way through 2016 you proved you don't really need a budget. ;)
 
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